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WEEK 10




② Brain file t
Intelligence


k =

(brain weight 1 body weight )%


What is
intelligence ?




Why study ?
animal
intelligence
① Intellectual curiosity

h humans Can k to rank different species to volume brain
understand them awarding available
°
we of
want to



② Relevance to humans available for intelligence
↳ humans evolved from animals → reveal wimmen features

③ Animal welfare ③ Macphail 4982 ) The null
hypothesis of intelligence :





help humans take in No difference in intellectual capacity of vertebrates other than humans
of animals when they captivity
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care are




The Distribution of Intelligence Ways of
amusing animal
intelligence
① Adaptability
② Speed of learning

③ Information processing


{ popular justifications for this ammunition : ① Adaptability
① Evolution to adapt behaviour to
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: Animals arranged awarding to their phylogenetic storm Barnett 4970 ) :
Intelligence means the ability circumstances

② There in a relationship b In intelligence t brain site

An animal
learning better adaptable
°



faster at t at
remembering =
more


① Role of Evolution

Dimwit to compare spines innate differences
Animal represented using the
kingdom phylogenetic Hale


not a chain scanner rank ② Speed of Learning
their intelligence learning : when an experience results in a
relatively permanent change in the reaction



Evolution can only explain why animals person to a situation

different intellectual abilities

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Water mace task



Ran us Humans in male
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thats trained to swim to visible platform → searched location even when

°

No Ayresome in rate at which animals learn platform was
missing
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mammals , birds . Aih respond to get reward ① Platform =
escape

Papowwk 11911 ) ② spatial location dependent on ones from male room


Baby 15 months ) turn head for reward


→ faster learning in animals than humans


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index of animal
intelligence


Greed or learning influenced by how it is measured Why is
learning important ?
Indifferent blndinerenr species * Need to learn how to runire :

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*
Need to adapt to environment
your

learning is :
long lasting change
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in behaviour that results from

↳ shows context outhits animal
learning experience
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faiths that differ b In spines that may be responsible for


differences in
learning Simple forms of
Learning
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associative ( no
pairing stimulus at behaviour )


h
lundin ons -

Habituation : repeatedly exposing an animal to a stimulus -
stops responding

to stimulus


③ Information processing theory -



Sensitisation :
repeat stimulus tr your response to it .





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about in behaviour due to it paired man went



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