Pace University DigitalCommons@Pace Honors College Theses Pforzheimer Honors College 1-1-2014 Animals' Capability to Bond and the Implications that Follow Falyn Goldfarb Honors College, Pace University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/honorscollege_theses Part of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Commons, Other Psychology Commons, and the Zoology Commons Recommended Citation Goldfarb, Falyn, "Animals' Capability to Bond and the Implications that Follow" (2014). Honors College Theses. Paper 131. http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/honorscollege_theses/131 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Pforzheimer Honors College at DigitalCommons@Pace. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors College Theses by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Pace. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Running head: Animals’ Capability to Bond Animals' Capability to Bond and the Implications that Follow Falynn M. Goldfarb Pace University Animals’ Capability to Bond 2 Table Of Contents Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………........3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Animals and Their Young…………………………………….…………………………...11 Social Bonds…………………………………………………………………...…………..19 Animals and Humans………………………………………………………………………28 Method.…………………………………………………………………………………………..35 Example of Survey…………………………………..………………………………….....42 Results………………………………………………..…………………………………………..50 Discussion………………………………………………………………………………………53 References……………………………………………………………………………………….58 2 Animal’s Capability to Bond 3 Abstract This paper explores the ways in which humans have historically viewed animals, with a focus on Descartes theory of automata. Further concepts of the problem of different minds, inherent value, empathy, love, friendship, grief, isolation, anthropomorphism, and biochemistry (focusing on oxytocin, cortisol and the prefrontal cortex) are all explored. Numerous literature reviews are used as examples to fight against the argument that animals are merely machines and can therefore be used and abused.