Essays about: "animal personality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 essays containing the words animal personality.

1. 1. Sentient Objects — A Theoretical Analysis of the Potential of Animals as Legal Subjects

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Alice Edfast; [2023-04-26]
   Keywords : Jurisprudence; Legal theory; The legal subject; Legal personhood; The person-thing dichotomy; Animal Law theory; Animal sentience; Animal slaughter; Animal testing; Legal rights; Hohfeld’s fundamental legal conceptions; Speciesism; Humanism; Posthumanism; Greimas’ semiotic square;

   Abstract : The sentience of animals has been scientifically proven since the nineteenth century, which has led to changes in our attitude towards animals and to the proliferation of anti-cruelty laws. But despite the rise of an Animal Law discipline, animal rights organisations’ attempting to elevate the legal status of animals, and several recent European legislative changes categorising animals as “non-things”, the legal status of a person has not yet been extended to animals. READ MORE

3. 2. Animal personality in ants : Does the red wood ant (Formica rufa) express personality traits?

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

   Author : Malin Sjöberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Animal personality; Scototaxis; Formica rufa;

   Abstract : A recent theory within behavioural ecology suggests that some animal behaviour traits are consistent over time and over different contexts as part of an animals’ “personality”. Animal personality has generally been accepted within vertebrates, but the idea of invertebrates expressing personality has long been meet with scepticism. READ MORE

4. 3. Påverkas anknytningsbeteende hos hund av ägarens personlighet och/eller vuxna anknytningsstil?

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

   Author : Andres Ellexelius; [2023]
   Keywords : hund-människa-interaktion; omvårdnad; vuxen anknytningsstil; personlighet; big five; ASQ; anknytningsstil; hundbeteende; antrozoologi;

   Abstract : Hunden kan skapa ett band med sin djurägare som är lika unikt som viktigt. Genom evolutionära anpassningar och selektiv avel och har flera förändringar skett som förändrat hundens morfologi, anknytningssystem och belöningssystem. Ett resultat av detta är bland annat hundens förmåga att forma anknytningsband till sin djurägare. READ MORE

5. 4. Hästunderstött lärande för elever med problematisk skolfrånvaro : erfarenheter från svenska hästverksamheter

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Wilma Johansson Östberg; [2023]
   Keywords : hästunderstött lärande; problematisk skolfrånvaro; hästvälfärd; hästunderstödda insatser; utbildning;

   Abstract : Many pupils today struggle with attending school regularly. For some pupils, the school absence become a major issue that can cause severe consequences for development of their knowledge and social skills. READ MORE

6. 5. The impact of pharmaceuticals on personality in sea anemones

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Instiutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

   Author : Lisa Wong; [2022-03-31]
   Keywords : Metridium senile; animal behavior; animal personality; shyness; boldness; startle response; sea anemone; pharmaceutical drugs; caffeine; propranolol; diazepam.;

   Abstract : Pharmaceutical drugs along with other human derived contaminants are prevalent in natural water bodies due to many anthropological factors and they eventually end up reaching coastal waters. The pharmaceuticals have impacts on the behaviour and physiology of humans, thus it is important to understand what impact they have on animals. READ MORE