Service animal Service animals can be of many species and come in many sizes. Dogs, cats, dolphins, miniature horses, monkeys, ducks, ferrets, and parrots have all been trained to perform specific duties of a service animal, though the type of animal that may be registered as a "service animal" may vary depending on legal definitions. The people that can qualify for a service animal can have a range of physical and/or mental disabilities. A "guide animal" is an animal specifically trained to assist visually impaired persons to navigate in public. These animals may be trained to open doors, recognize traffic signals, guide
The Social Animal (Aronson book) The Social Animal (Aronson book) The Social Animal is an APA-medal winning book about social psychology by Elliot Aronson. Originally published in 1972, "The Social Animal" is currently in its eleventh edition. In a style written for the general audience, the book covers what modern psychology knows about the reasons for some of the most important aspects of human behavior. Aronson begins the book by citing a number of scenarios, real and constructed — reactions to the Kent State shootings, the Stanford prison experiments, and a four-year-old boy given a drum set among them — that illustrate a variety of