article 2 - cross cultural differences un core concepts of humans as biological species

Question 1

purpose of research

Answer 1

• do all adults possess an intuitive ability to reason about humans as one biological species among many?
• individual differences at later stage of development?

Question 2

anthropocentrism

Answer 2

human-centered reasoning

Question 3

anthropocentric asymmetries

Answer 3

inducing characteristics from human to animal, but not from animal to human

Question 4

rural children

Answer 4

• greater experience with a wider array of animals

- > less anthropocentric

Question 5

english vs indonesian

Answer 5

english:

• ‘animal’ is ambiguous, such that it can be used to either include or exclude humans
• 6 years of age: categorize humans as animals

indonesian:
- term for ‘animal’ is rarely used to include humans
- less likely to categorize humans as animals

Question 6

psychology

Answer 6

• anthropocentrism

Question 7

biology

Answer 7

-in the middle

Question 8

oriental medicine (ayurveda, focus on everything)

Answer 8

-holistic view , no anthropocentrism