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Ophidiophobia (/ ə ˌ f ɪ d i oʊ ˈ f oʊ b i ə /), or ophiophobia (/ ˌ oʊ f i oʊ ˈ f oʊ b i ə /), is fear of snakes. It is sometimes called by the more general term herpetophobia, fear of reptiles. The word comes from the Greek words "ophis" (ὄφις), snake, and "phobia" (φοβία) meaning fear. [1]
[5] [6] Richard D. Ryder, who coined the term, defined it as "a prejudice or attitude of bias in favour of the interests of members of one's own species and against those of members of other species". [7] Speciesism results in the belief that humans have the right to use non-human animals in exploitative ways which is pervasive in the modern ...
A cognitive bias refers to a systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment, whereby inferences about other individuals or situations may be drawn in an illogical fashion. Cognitive bias is sometimes illustrated by using answers to the question " Is the glass half empty or half full?
Deception in animals is the voluntary or involuntary transmission of misinformation by one animal to another, of the same or different species, in a way that misleads the other animal.
The snake detection theory, [1] [2] [3] also sometimes called the snake detection hypothesis, suggests that snakes have contributed to the evolution of primates' visual system. According to the theory, predatory pressure from snakes has selected individuals who are better able to recognize them, improving their survival chances and therefore ...
Wake County school board members hold an implicit bias workshop as part of a board mini-retreat on Nov. 16, 2023 in Cary. N.C.
Justin Baldoni files $250M lawsuit against New York Times over Blake Lively story. Finance. Finance. Business Insider. Stocks slip but cap off 2024 with a 2nd straight year of 20% gains.
According to the Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, "near human-like levels of consciousness" have been observed in the grey parrot. [1]Animal consciousness, or animal awareness, is the quality or state of self-awareness within an animal, or of being aware of an external object or something within itself.