AVBS1003: Animals and Us Module 2
Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) what are some examples of what perception of animals grounded in? - Correct Answers ✅cultural heritage, individual values. welfare, social and political philosophies, stereotypes, education and beliefs (eg. religion) what does the perception of an animal then impact? - Correct Answers ✅the perception of an animal then shapes its role and life in society and in different countries give two examples of perceptions of animals and where in the world that perception originates? - Correct Answers ✅in islamic and middle eastern countries, dogs and canines are viewed as dirty and/or unclean.in south asian countries, particularly india, cattle are viewed as holy or particularly religious how might different cultures have different perceptions of the facts around animals? - Correct Answers ✅the sound an animal makes objectively is not variable to the country, but the word we associate with this sound is. for example, the words used in one country might mean something different in another language eg. meow in australia is the word for the sound a cat makes, but nya nya is the word for a cat sound in japan 1 / 3
AVBS1003: Animals and Us Module 2
Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) what are factors that would shape how animals view humans? - Correct Answers ✅if we provide an animal food and or shelter that would skew their perception of us in a positive light. likewise if we were abusive to an animal that would negatively tilt their perception.we dont view animals equally based on species and even on individual variances eg. color of dog or cat, kind of fish, so we have no way to know if they view us the same when discussing intelligence for animals, what is the primary point that defines it? - Correct Answers ✅learning ability, since it is vital for human-animal relationships.we have perceptions of which animals are smart vs dumb what does learning allow animals to do? - Correct Answers ✅allows animals to use information about the world to tailor their responses to environmental change what is meant by "environmental change" in the previous definition? - Correct Answers ✅environmental change means changes in their specific environment. we as humans often provide the biggest changes in our pets lives (eg.getting shoes out means an excited response because theyre going on a walk) 2 / 3
AVBS1003: Animals and Us Module 2
Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) what does training do? - Correct Answers ✅training draws out desirable innate behaviours and supresses undesirable innate behaviours to institute novel responses what are some of the difficulties in dealing with intelligence levels in animals while training? - Correct Answers ✅highly intelligent animals will quickly learn what is the desired response, but will not obey lower intelligence animals will take longer to train what is learning - Correct Answers ✅learning is a relatively permanent change in the probability of a response occuring as a result of experience not all changes are a result of learning, as they can be a result of motivation or fatigue what kind of variable is used to determine if an animal has learnt the association - Correct Answers ✅physiological variables what are the two main kinds of learning - Correct Answers ✅associative learning is a relationship between at least two
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