De Waal Talk Analysis
De Waal Talks about how he and everyone used to think that the animal kingdom was only about competition and aggression, but then that view of it all started to change. They realized humanity is cooperative and that animals, like chimpanzees will help other chimps because they know they will get help again in the future. De Waal Talks about the pillars of morality: reciprocity and empathy, reciprocity being fairness and empathy being compassion. He thens moves on to talk about cooperation, he puts two chimps into a box together and doesn't feed either of them, when he does this they both work just as hard to get the box with food. He then puts two chimps into a box, after feeding one of them, you can then tell that only one is interested in
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As humans we do things without thinking about it, I yawn because others yawn and i never knew why. Seeing other animals react to certain situations, seeing their mind at work is very interesting to me. This makes me think about the reason i do everything I do, the reasons my dog or other animals I see around d the things they do, and to me that is extremely intriguing. I always naively think that humans have more feelings and that may be true but it is amazing to me to think and see other animals capable of feeling the way we feel, because it is not shown to me everyday I almost start to forget that it's possible for them to feel empathy, but this video reminded me that it isn't at all and that all animals are complex in the way their brains work just like humans. This talk is extremely relevant to us as AP psychology students, thinking about why others do what they do, why they have certain behaviors. Being close minded you think the world is all about competition but in reality that is just one aspect of it, not every animal is only thinking about aggression, they have many other thoughts being for example these monkeys, studying the way they think and work for equality, and how they feel and show their feelings toward other
As humans we do things without thinking about it, I yawn because others yawn and i never knew why. Seeing other animals react to certain situations, seeing their mind at work is very interesting to me. This makes me think about the reason i do everything I do, the reasons my dog or other animals I see around d the things they do, and to me that is extremely intriguing. I always naively think that humans have more feelings and that may be true but it is amazing to me to think and see other animals capable of feeling the way we feel, because it is not shown to me everyday I almost start to forget that it's possible for them to feel empathy, but this video reminded me that it isn't at all and that all animals are complex in the way their brains work just like humans. This talk is extremely relevant to us as AP psychology students, thinking about why others do what they do, why they have certain behaviors. Being close minded you think the world is all about competition but in reality that is just one aspect of it, not every animal is only thinking about aggression, they have many other thoughts being for example these monkeys, studying the way they think and work for equality, and how they feel and show their feelings toward other