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Animal Behaviour - Cognition Introduction

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Cognition refers to the mental processes involved in acquiring and manipulating knowledge, including perception, memory, learning, and thinking. According to the Macmillan Dictionary of Psychology (1989), it encompasses how animals interpret and respond to their environment.

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Mental processes concerned with the acquisition and manipulation of knowledge, including perception and thinking - Macmilan Dictoionary of Psychology, 1989

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Define cognition

Mental processes concerned with the acquisition and manipulation of knowledge, including perception and thinking - Macmilan Dictoionary of Psycholo...

When did was Lloyd Morgan’s Canon written? What is it?

1894 - In no case may we interpret an action as the outcome of the exercise of a higher psychical faculty, if it can be interpreted as the outcome ...

What are the two types of knowledge? Which is higher on the psychological scale?

Procedural - Knowing HOW (lower)
Declarative - Knowing THAT (higher)

Declarative - Knowing THAT (higher)

Concept formation
Object permenance
Cognitive maps
Mental state attribution

What is the adaptive advantage to higher cognitive ability?

Allows more flexible behavioural responses

Give 2 examples of lower cognitive abilities

Associative learning
Memory (certain types)

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Animal Behaviour - Cognition Introduction
TermDefinition

Define cognition

Mental processes concerned with the acquisition and manipulation of knowledge, including perception and thinking - Macmilan Dictoionary of Psychology, 1989

When did was Lloyd Morgan’s Canon written? What is it?

1894 - In no case may we interpret an action as the outcome of the exercise of a higher psychical faculty, if it can be interpreted as the outcome of one which stands lower on the psychological scale

What are the two types of knowledge? Which is higher on the psychological scale?

Procedural - Knowing HOW (lower)
Declarative - Knowing THAT (higher)

Declarative - Knowing THAT (higher)

Concept formation
Object permenance
Cognitive maps
Mental state attribution

What is the adaptive advantage to higher cognitive ability?

Allows more flexible behavioural responses

Give 2 examples of lower cognitive abilities

Associative learning
Memory (certain types)

How do cognition and consciousness differ?

Cognition refers to thinking and reorganisation of information
Consciousness refers to subjective awareness of thoughts feelings desires self etc.