Animal Intelligence

The focus of the presentation is problem-solving and insight in the biological basis of behavior.

Serial reversal learning and learning sets.

There are two schools of thought on the difference between humans and animals.

<p>Transitive inference is the ability to reason based on relationships, and it can be evidence of the use of relational rules in animals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No, Thorndike's trial-and-error experiments did not involve insight.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sarah, a language-trained chimp, has demonstrated the ability to reason based on analogies using symbols.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>According to Gestalt psychology, insight involves perception of relations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Associative learning and innate specialized skills.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because some reported discoveries, such as N rays, turn out to be psychological phenomena rather than physical ones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Detour tests measure spatial intelligence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tool use is considered an indicator of intelligence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They provide further information on the topic of animal intelligence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Yes, animals have been observed engaging in primitive tool use.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It suggests that animals use a rule to stay with a successful behavior and switch from an unsuccessful one. It is studied through paradigms such as serial reversal learning and learning sets.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>IQ tests are used in humans, while a variety of problems are used in animals to assess intelligence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It can explain some animal abilities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The text does not provide specific examples of problems used to assess animal intelligence.</p> Signup and view all the answers