Macaque

It was once believed that culture was only a human attribute, which distinguished us from other species, and made Homo sapiens unique. After a number of experiments and studies, it has come to light that culture can be seen in numerous different species, ranging from birds to fish and to chimpanzees. The main distinction of which species have culture comes from the definition of culture itself. At the base of culture, is imitation which continues to lead into social learning, which finally…

comparative activity done by another person. Mirror Neurons were found more than a quarter century in the ventral premotor district F5, premotor cortex, of the macaque monkey. The revelation of mirror neurons has had a proficient impact on the field of social insight. Mirror neurons are a class of neuron…

In chapter six of Opening Skinner's Box, "Monkey Love" Lauren Slater begins by introducing us to psychologist Harry Harlow. Harlow was known as a difficult, disrespectful man, but was also known to be very devoted and was mainly known for experimenting with monkeys and the way they expressed their feelings regarding attachment (Slater 132). Slater explains in great detail Harlow's approach towards the monkeys, he had no feelings for them and could care less what pain they endured during the…

Aspects of empathy, such as emotional contagion, have also been demonstrated in pri- mates. In a classical study monkeys can acquire fear of snakes after watching other monkeys’ fearful interactions with snakes, without any personal experience [10]. Also, an experiment in which peripheral skin temperature was measured in chimpanzees while they viewed an emotionally laden video demonstrated a decrease of skin temperature, indicative of sympathetic arousal, when they viewed videos of conspecifics…

Documented research regarding health and several factors of genetic inheritance, personal behaviors, access to quality health care, and the general external environment associates an increasing link between the stresses of social and cultural factors and health. Variables such as socioeconomic status (SES) demonstrates that the evidence is linked to health accrued over the past thirty years or more. Social factors theorized that multiple levels during life impact health. Westernized…

On the Marquardt Beauty Analysis website, even though there are differences with people that are in the same category, there are familiarities of people group in the same category because as Marquardt, S. (2001) stated, sometimes it helps to understand the people better with respect to their general tendencies of the group. Therefore, the Asian ethnic group was selected for this lab because the image of the subject belongs to that ethnic group. The face-mask criterion confirm with the face that…

conversions which lead him to the realization that his late grandfather did not actually pass away so much as he transformed (Bellatin 42). Bellatin then explained how his grandfather had appeared to him as if in a vision, telling him a story about Macaque, “…a woman of Slavic origins […] fleeing a horrific marriage” who ended up meeting a martial arts fighter and falling in love (Bellatin 50). Response Bellatin has started questioning his grandfather’s death, referring to his uncertainty,…

Evan Thompson, professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia, presented the idea of that the self is process, not a thing nor an entity, which implied that self is an experiential process that is subject to the constant change in Waking, Dreaming, Being (Thompson XXXI). And additionally, Thompson gives the idea of the self, however, he also mentioned the three things men or human need to understand. The three things are the nature of consciousness, the contents of consciousness…

Raiza Ruiz-Kline Sarah Klein MCWP 40 8 October 2015 Writing Prompt 1: “Revenge of the Nerds” In “Revenge of the Nerds” Steven Pinker asserts that four dominant traits contributed to the way of life that allowed the ancestors of the modern Homo sapiens to develop powers of reasoning and enter what he refers to as “the cognitive niche” (Pinker 191). By establishing the function of these four traits and linking them all to the resulting lifestyle changes as these traits evolved (and the subsequent…

Morality and Ethics The Bonobo and The Atheist written by world-renowned primatologist Frans De Waal, De Waal uses this medium to show his decades of research with primates to explain morality, ethics, and humanism. De Waal’s intent is not to disprove our beliefs on modern religion; his intention instead is to better explain our sense of morality. The subtitle of De Waal’s book “In Search of Humanism Among the Primates” outlines his goals for the book. De Waal takes the idea of top-down…