A few weeks ago, a study confirmed that dogs are smarter than cats based on the brain sizes of both animals. It is the turn today of cat lovers to rejoice because another study claims that cat owners are more intelligent than dog owners.
Short List cited the research conducted by Denise Guastello, an associate professor of psychology at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin for The Mckeown Clinic. The study had 600 college students are participants.
University degree
The basis of Guastello in making the claim that cat owners are more intelligent than dog owners is her finding that cat people have higher chances of having college degrees compared to dog owners and scoring higher on intelligence tests. Because educated people tend to spend …show more content…
The remaining 29 percent are either lovers of both animals or have no preference between the two pets.
Differences between dog and cat people
In a survey done in 2013, Royal Canin found that the personality traits may be as stereotyped as believed. Dog people may not be as active, while cat people are not necessarily homebodies as they are depicted.
When the dog people were asked which dog breed they identified with, 59 percent picked the English bulldog. It was, however, not the physical features of the canine such as the wrinkled face and the pushed-in nose but with the laidback and easygoing personality of the breed. For cat people, the top choice was the Siamese cat, known for its intelligence and being curious.
Red Bluff Daily News also cited a poll of more than 200,000 pet owners by Reader’s Digest to determine if they were cat or dog people. It turned out that when it comes to members of the Beatles, the preference of dog people was Paul McCartney, while it was George Harrison for the cat …show more content…
Because reptiles form groups, Shivik called the animals a lizard high school. He emphasized that all animals are individuals, and their internal conditions and behavior patterns are major factors that determine their outcomes.
But pet owners have known that long time ago. Being a pet owner himself, Shivik is aware that animals are as variable and have idiosyncrasies like their human owners. But while pet owners accept the personalities of their animals intuitively, they cannot measure it like height or weight.
For Shivik, the growing field of animal-personality research needs to go beyond dry objectivity but has to rely on other tools too such as stories. The book argues against breeders who try to micro-engineer the populations of their animals by selecting for single desirable traits. Pet owners who read the book will likely be more appreciative of their dogs and cats, including their individual quirks and needs. But the bigger lesson that Shivik’s book wants to impart is that individual variation is the fundamental driver of success for life on the
Short List cited the research conducted by Denise Guastello, an associate professor of psychology at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin for The Mckeown Clinic. The study had 600 college students are participants.
University degree
The basis of Guastello in making the claim that cat owners are more intelligent than dog owners is her finding that cat people have higher chances of having college degrees compared to dog owners and scoring higher on intelligence tests. Because educated people tend to spend …show more content…
The remaining 29 percent are either lovers of both animals or have no preference between the two pets.
Differences between dog and cat people
In a survey done in 2013, Royal Canin found that the personality traits may be as stereotyped as believed. Dog people may not be as active, while cat people are not necessarily homebodies as they are depicted.
When the dog people were asked which dog breed they identified with, 59 percent picked the English bulldog. It was, however, not the physical features of the canine such as the wrinkled face and the pushed-in nose but with the laidback and easygoing personality of the breed. For cat people, the top choice was the Siamese cat, known for its intelligence and being curious.
Red Bluff Daily News also cited a poll of more than 200,000 pet owners by Reader’s Digest to determine if they were cat or dog people. It turned out that when it comes to members of the Beatles, the preference of dog people was Paul McCartney, while it was George Harrison for the cat …show more content…
Because reptiles form groups, Shivik called the animals a lizard high school. He emphasized that all animals are individuals, and their internal conditions and behavior patterns are major factors that determine their outcomes.
But pet owners have known that long time ago. Being a pet owner himself, Shivik is aware that animals are as variable and have idiosyncrasies like their human owners. But while pet owners accept the personalities of their animals intuitively, they cannot measure it like height or weight.
For Shivik, the growing field of animal-personality research needs to go beyond dry objectivity but has to rely on other tools too such as stories. The book argues against breeders who try to micro-engineer the populations of their animals by selecting for single desirable traits. Pet owners who read the book will likely be more appreciative of their dogs and cats, including their individual quirks and needs. But the bigger lesson that Shivik’s book wants to impart is that individual variation is the fundamental driver of success for life on the