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"Behavioral Pattern"
Posted 17th December 2007 at 08:39 AM by RamyaVaradharajan
Updated 3rd February 2008 at 11:43 AM by RamyaVaradharajan
Updated 3rd February 2008 at 11:43 AM by RamyaVaradharajan
The influence of gene differences on our behavior and personality is far less powerful. We all are aware of the fact that, we have personalities and the traits differ. The range would extend from those who relish new changes to those who fear change; some will be gregarious and some more private; some emotional and sensitive and some more hidden; some prone to panic and some stay calm and controlled.
Let us go deep into our ancestral world to find their patterned behavior. Almost all of us are familiar with the "greedy fox" in Aesop's fable who sees his reflection in a lake and tries to snatch the food from the "other" fox. Most mammals behave like fox when they see a reflection of themselves, and monkeys were widely assumed to follow suit.
Not so, rather; monkeys reflect a degree of empathy. Monkeys do not have the same level of self-awareness as apes and humans, but neither do they treat their reflection like that of a stranger.
A study was carried on with the Capuchin monkeys by Frans de Waal and colleagues of Emoy University, Atlanta, relating to the reactions to mirrors, or to familiar or unfamiliar monkeys. They found that the males and females behaved differently. According to proto-human reactions, "male monkeys are competitive
whereas females flirt with their reflections
". But neither behaves as though they understand that they are looking at themselves, nor acts as they would with a strange monkey.
In the presence of a mirror, females are very much relaxed, much more so than in the presence of a stranger. Males, on the other hand, seem to enter into some sort of competition.
The work throws light on the fact that gradual evolution took its life well before humans and apes came along. "Self-recognition" related to "empathy" being an essential element- is not confined to apes, but is visualized in a similar form in monkeys and other mammals too!!
Regards
RamyaVaradharajan
Let us go deep into our ancestral world to find their patterned behavior. Almost all of us are familiar with the "greedy fox" in Aesop's fable who sees his reflection in a lake and tries to snatch the food from the "other" fox. Most mammals behave like fox when they see a reflection of themselves, and monkeys were widely assumed to follow suit.
Not so, rather; monkeys reflect a degree of empathy. Monkeys do not have the same level of self-awareness as apes and humans, but neither do they treat their reflection like that of a stranger.
A study was carried on with the Capuchin monkeys by Frans de Waal and colleagues of Emoy University, Atlanta, relating to the reactions to mirrors, or to familiar or unfamiliar monkeys. They found that the males and females behaved differently. According to proto-human reactions, "male monkeys are competitive
whereas females flirt with their reflections". But neither behaves as though they understand that they are looking at themselves, nor acts as they would with a strange monkey.In the presence of a mirror, females are very much relaxed, much more so than in the presence of a stranger. Males, on the other hand, seem to enter into some sort of competition.
The work throws light on the fact that gradual evolution took its life well before humans and apes came along. "Self-recognition" related to "empathy" being an essential element- is not confined to apes, but is visualized in a similar form in monkeys and other mammals too!!
Regards
RamyaVaradharajan
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