首页
登录
职称英语
I once knew a dog named Newton who had a unique sense of humour. Whenever I
I once knew a dog named Newton who had a unique sense of humour. Whenever I
游客
2023-09-14
41
管理
问题
I once knew a dog named Newton who had a unique sense of humour. Whenever I tossed out a Frisbee (飞碟) for him to chase, he’d take off in hot pursuit but then seem to lose track of it. Moving back and forth only a yard of two from the toy, Newton would look all around, even up into the trees. He seemed genuinely puzzled. Finally, I’d give up and head into the field to help him out. But no sooner would I get within 10 ft. of him than he would run invariable straight over to the Frisbee, grab it and start running like mad, looking over his shoulder with what looked suspiciously like a grin.
Just about every pet owner has a story like this and is eager to share it with anyone who will listen. In very short notice, TIME reporters came up with 25 stories about what each is convinced is the smartest pet in the world. Among the M: the cat who closes the door behind him when he goes into the bathroom; the cat who uses a toilet instead of a little box ... and flushes it afterward; the dog who goes wild when he sees his owner putting on blue jeans instead of a dress because jeans mean it is time to play; and the cat who used to wait patiently at the bus stop every day for a little girl, then walk her the six blocks home. And so on.
These behaviours are certainly clever, but what do they mean? Was Newton really deceiving? Can a cat really desire privacy in the toilet? In short, do household pets really have a mental and emotional life? Their owners think so, but until recently, animal behaviour experts would have gone mad on hearing such a question. The worst sin in their moral vocabulary was anthropomorphism (拟人化), projecting human traits onto animals. A dog or a cat might behave as if it were angry, lonely, sad, happy or confused, but that was only in the eye of the viewer. What was going on, they insisted, was that the dog or cat had been conditioned, through a perhaps unintentional series of punishments and rewards, to behave a certain way. The behaviour was a mechanical result of the training. [br] Human traits could be projected onto animals—the belief about pet behaviour was unacceptable to______.
选项
答案
experts of animal behaviour
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3012107.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Faces,likefingerprints,areunique.Didyoueverwonderhow
[originaltext]Faces,likefingerprints,areunique.Didyoueverwonderhow
Inadditiontohistheoryofcolour,Newtondevelopedatheoryofhowlight
A、aninterestingtopicB、specificfactsC、thewriter’suniqueperspectiveD、age
[originaltext]WheneverMarkTwainwent,hisdrollwitwonhimalmostimmed
[originaltext]WheneverMarkTwainwent,hisdrollwitwonhimalmostimmed
[originaltext]WheneverMarkTwainwent,hisdrollwitwonhimalmostimmed
[originaltext]AuniquelabattheUniversityofChicagoisbusyonlyatnig
[originaltext]Faces,likefingerprints,areunique.Didyoueverwonderhow
[originaltext]Faces,likefingerprints,areunique.Didyoueverwonderhow
随机试题
Ingeneralterms,thegreenhouseeffect,whichhasbeenstudiedwithwarya
男,30岁,诉自发性牙痛2天,口含冰块可暂时缓解,拟诊为A.急性根尖周炎 B.
关于生产安全事故报告和调查处理原则的说法,正确的有()。A、事故原因未查清不
当开放式基金出现巨额赎回时,以下最有可能导致部分延期赎回的是()。A.基金资产组
下列平喘药中最慢产生效果的是A:特布他林 B:氨茶碱 C:色甘酸钠 D:倍
2016年6月份,我国社会消费品零售总额26857亿元,同比增长10.6%,环比
根据《城市给水规划工程规划规范》(GB50282—2016)规定,有条件的城市
针对管理层凌驾于控制之上的风险,下列审计程序中,应当实施的有( )。A.测试被审
按照我国建设工程造价构成的划分,下列费用中属于涨价预备费的有( )。A.人工、
在下面几种说法中,正确的说法是()。 A.波源不动时,波源的振动周期与波动的
最新回复
(
0
)