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ACBS 160 Exam Questions and Answers
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The approach taken in this course to understand the complexity of our
relationships to non-human animals ... - ✔✔all choices are correct
In the history of Western philosophy - ✔✔both Aristotle and Kant favored
a human-animal divide on the grounds that animals lack the capacity to
reason or rationality
One way to describe and understand the diverse relationships between
humans and other animals is - ✔✔types of ecological interrelationships
that include 3 common type of symbioses
Research with young infants' responses to visual images of schematic
spiders suggests that - ✔✔the human brain has evolved to preferentially
process visual images of animal stimuli that were important to our
ancestors AND infants pay special attention to life-like schematic images of
spiders
Humans generally place animals into different categories according to their
use. For example, animals considered as pets are generally not eaten.
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However, in some cultures animals have multiple uses, and as a result a
pet animal might also be eaten. One example of a country where pet dogs
are also eaten is - ✔✔South Korea
There are 3 foci or themes that will appear throughout this course. Select
one that will NOT be covered in this course. - ✔✔The criteria one should
use in selecting a good pet.
In many non-Western cultures, non-human animals are -
✔✔incorporated into their spiritual or religious beliefs
There are 3 common types of symbioses - ✔✔mutualism, comensalism,
parasitisim
People of different cultures put non-human animals into different categories
or groupings. These categories primarily reflect - ✔✔how the animal(s)
are used
The "savanna hypothesis" posits that - ✔✔humans evolved a preference
for savanna-like landscape
The human mental capacity of "mind-reading" (known as "Theory of Mind")
would have helped our ancestors - ✔✔all choices are correct
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The spread of humans all over the planet began with - ✔✔first migratory
wave out of Africa followed by a second wave out of Africa
When did our ancestors first start making tools according to archaeological
evidence? (Note: mya= million years ago) - ✔✔~2.5 mya
The "Sally Anne" False Belief test - ✔✔all choices are correct
The archeologist Stephen Mithen has argued that the capacity to read an
animal's mind, to see the world from an animal's perspective, first appeared
in fully modern humans. In Mithen's view, earlier pre-modern ancestral
humans, although successful hunters, - ✔✔used mind reading only for
other humans but not for other animals
Evidence of early mutualism between humans and dogs includes - ✔✔all
choices are correct
Researchers found that hunter-gatherers that use dogs today take good
care of all their dogs by providing food, medicine and shelter. - ✔✔False
What is one major problem with the wolf "Adoption" hypothesis? -
✔✔Early humans would not have been able to selectively breed or train
wild, uncooperative wolves.
ACBS 160 Exam Questions and Answers
100% Solved
The approach taken in this course to understand the complexity of our
relationships to non-human animals ... - ✔✔all choices are correct
In the history of Western philosophy - ✔✔both Aristotle and Kant favored
a human-animal divide on the grounds that animals lack the capacity to
reason or rationality
One way to describe and understand the diverse relationships between
humans and other animals is - ✔✔types of ecological interrelationships
that include 3 common type of symbioses
Research with young infants' responses to visual images of schematic
spiders suggests that - ✔✔the human brain has evolved to preferentially
process visual images of animal stimuli that were important to our
ancestors AND infants pay special attention to life-like schematic images of
spiders
Humans generally place animals into different categories according to their
use. For example, animals considered as pets are generally not eaten.
, ©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
However, in some cultures animals have multiple uses, and as a result a
pet animal might also be eaten. One example of a country where pet dogs
are also eaten is - ✔✔South Korea
There are 3 foci or themes that will appear throughout this course. Select
one that will NOT be covered in this course. - ✔✔The criteria one should
use in selecting a good pet.
In many non-Western cultures, non-human animals are -
✔✔incorporated into their spiritual or religious beliefs
There are 3 common types of symbioses - ✔✔mutualism, comensalism,
parasitisim
People of different cultures put non-human animals into different categories
or groupings. These categories primarily reflect - ✔✔how the animal(s)
are used
The "savanna hypothesis" posits that - ✔✔humans evolved a preference
for savanna-like landscape
The human mental capacity of "mind-reading" (known as "Theory of Mind")
would have helped our ancestors - ✔✔all choices are correct
, ©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
The spread of humans all over the planet began with - ✔✔first migratory
wave out of Africa followed by a second wave out of Africa
When did our ancestors first start making tools according to archaeological
evidence? (Note: mya= million years ago) - ✔✔~2.5 mya
The "Sally Anne" False Belief test - ✔✔all choices are correct
The archeologist Stephen Mithen has argued that the capacity to read an
animal's mind, to see the world from an animal's perspective, first appeared
in fully modern humans. In Mithen's view, earlier pre-modern ancestral
humans, although successful hunters, - ✔✔used mind reading only for
other humans but not for other animals
Evidence of early mutualism between humans and dogs includes - ✔✔all
choices are correct
Researchers found that hunter-gatherers that use dogs today take good
care of all their dogs by providing food, medicine and shelter. - ✔✔False
What is one major problem with the wolf "Adoption" hypothesis? -
✔✔Early humans would not have been able to selectively breed or train
wild, uncooperative wolves.
