Why some animals have evolved humour

What is a potential role of humor in social bonding for both humans and animals?

• Causing conflict

• Strengthening relationships

• Creating distance

• Inducing fear

What is a potential evolutionary origin of humor in animals according to the reading?

• Laughter evolved as a way to cause conflict

• Laughter evolved as a way to create distance

• Laughter evolved as a way to strengthen relationships

• Laughter evolved as a way to induce fear

What is a potential challenge of studying humor in animals according to the reading?

• Understanding the evolutionary purpose

• Knowing why an animal engages in a certain behavior

• Anecdotal evidence is abundant

• Large-scale studies have been conducted

What sound do dogs produce during play that almost sounds like laughter according to the reading?

• Breathy snorting sound

• Whining

• Barking

• Growling

What is a behavior that researchers have identified as teasing in animals according to the reading?

• Sharing food

• Sleeping together

• Playing together

• Hindering the movement of a fellow ape

What is a behavior that researchers have identified as teasing in apes and young human children according to the reading?

• Sleeping together

• Hugging

• Poking

• Sharing toys

What is the concept that involves the ability to imagine the world from someone else's perspective according to the reading?

• Theory of Animals

• Theory of Laughter

• Theory of Body

• Theory of Mind

What is an example of teasing behavior observed in apes according to the reading?

• Sleeping together

• Poking

• Sharing food

• Singing together

What is the high-pitched noise that rats make when tickled according to the reading?

• Whine

• Growl

• Squeak joyfully

• Bark

What is a behavior that researchers have identified as teasing in young human children according to the reading?

• Sitting quietly

• Sticking tongue out and running away

• Hugging

• Sharing toys