a psychopath?
Some quiz questions on link
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If your cat’s baffling behaviour leaves you thinking it may be a feline psychopath, there’s now a way to find out.
It comes in the form 46 statements, with owners rating how well each statement describes their pet.
Examples include: ‘My cat torments their prey rather than killing it straight away’; ‘my cat vocalises loudly (eg meows, yowls) for no apparent reason’; and ‘my cat is very excitable (eg goes into ‘overdrive’ and becomes uncoordinated)’.
The results will help measure the cat’s levels of ‘meanness’ – traits such as a lack of empathy and callous aggression – ‘disinhibition’, which is problems with behavioural restraint, and ‘boldness’, which is a measure of social dominance and low levels of fear.
It also measures the animal’s level of unfriendliness towards people, and towards other pets.
Called the CAT-Tri+, it is the first ever tool available to measure psychopathy in cats, said the researchers, from Liverpool University and Liverpool John Moores University.
Lead researcher Rebecca Evans said: ‘We believe that like any other personality trait, psychopathy is on a continuum, where some cats will score more highly than others.
'It is likely that all cats have an element of psychopathy as it would have once been helpful for their ancestors in terms of acquiring resources, for example food, territory and mating opportunities.’
Some quiz questions on link
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...dly-signs.html
If your cat’s baffling behaviour leaves you thinking it may be a feline psychopath, there’s now a way to find out.
It comes in the form 46 statements, with owners rating how well each statement describes their pet.
Examples include: ‘My cat torments their prey rather than killing it straight away’; ‘my cat vocalises loudly (eg meows, yowls) for no apparent reason’; and ‘my cat is very excitable (eg goes into ‘overdrive’ and becomes uncoordinated)’.
The results will help measure the cat’s levels of ‘meanness’ – traits such as a lack of empathy and callous aggression – ‘disinhibition’, which is problems with behavioural restraint, and ‘boldness’, which is a measure of social dominance and low levels of fear.
It also measures the animal’s level of unfriendliness towards people, and towards other pets.
Called the CAT-Tri+, it is the first ever tool available to measure psychopathy in cats, said the researchers, from Liverpool University and Liverpool John Moores University.
Lead researcher Rebecca Evans said: ‘We believe that like any other personality trait, psychopathy is on a continuum, where some cats will score more highly than others.
'It is likely that all cats have an element of psychopathy as it would have once been helpful for their ancestors in terms of acquiring resources, for example food, territory and mating opportunities.’
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