Recent Research by Marine Biologists Suggests That Bottlenose Dolphins Have

Multiple Choice

Recent research by marine biologists suggests that bottlenose dolphins have names for themselves. Scientists played through a synthesizer sounds they had identified as the names of particular dolphins (so they did not sound like the voices of particular dolphins) and found that dolphins would respond to the names of other dolphins they were related to or associated with but ignored the names of strangers. This discovery suggests a much greater degree of self-awareness in aquatic mammals than was previously suspected. If this research holds up, what does it suggest about dolphins?

A) They have an ego and a superego as humans do.
B) They go through stages of socialization.
C) Significant others are as important to them as they are to us.
D) The ocean may be like a frontstage area in Goffman's terminology.
E) They have a sense of self similar to that of humans.