Strah in poznavanje strig (Chilopoda) pri slovenskih osnovnošolcih

Prešern, Maja (author), Kos, Ivan (mentor)

Strige (Chilopoda) so raznolika skupina živali, ki jih uvrščamo med členonožce (Arthropoda), s pomembno skupno značilnostjo. Njihov prvi par nog je spremenjen v obustne okončine (maksilipedije), ki jim omogočajo injiciranje strupa v njihov plen. Strupenost in plenilski način življenja strig je ogrožal že prve sesalce in kasneje tudi primate, prav tako pa je to pri njih razvilo mehanizme odzivanja na tovrstne dražljaje, kar bi lahko kazalo na evolucijski razvoj strahu. Strah pred določenimi živalmi je eden izmed najpogosteje opaženih strahov pri človeku. Večinoma strah vzbujajo živali, kot so kače, pajki in zveri, medtem ko v literaturi zelo redko zasledimo prisotnost strahu pred strigami. V diplomskem delu smo se osredotočili na ovrednotenje mere strahu pred strigami pri slovenskih osnovnošolcih. Zanimal nas je tudi razlog strahu, če se ta pojavi, in kateri dražljaji so ključni za pojav strahu pred strigami. Raziskava je bila izvedela v 3. in 8. razredu osnovne šole z namenom, da bi ugotovili, ali je strah posledica evolucijskega izvora ali je večinoma pridobljen tekom življenja. Na podlagi primerjave ene mestne in ene podeželske šole pa smo želeli ugotoviti, ali je strah povezan s poznavanjem in stikom z živaljo. Raziskava je pokazala, da je mera strahu pri slovenskih osnovnošolcih zelo nizka, tako v mestni kot tudi podeželski šoli. Večja mera strahu je bila opažena pri učencih 8. razredov, kar kaže na to, da je strah pred strigami v večji meri naučen oz. pridobljen tekom življenja. Poznavanje strig in njihovih značilnosti se je izkazalo za zelo slabo, saj veliko učencev strige zamenjuje s strigalicami (Insecta), prav tako pa ne poznajo njihovih glavnih značilnosti.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: strige
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Year: 2016
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-86025
• COBISS.SI-ID: 11209545
• Publication date in RUL: 19.09.2017

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Fear and knowledge of centipedes (Chilopoda) in primary school students

Abstract

Centipede (Chilopoda) is a very diverse group of animals, with one very important common characteristic. Their first pair of legs is modified into special extremities called maxillae, which allows them to inject venom into their pray. Toxicity and predatory lifestyle of centipede put a threat on the very first mammalian species and later on primates. They developed mechanisms which allowed them to respond to fear relevant stimuli and this could indicate a evolutionary fear development. Fear of animals is one of the most common fears in humans. Animals like snakes, spiders and carnivores are those which usually cause fear in humans, while centipedes are not. This thesis therefore mostly concentrates on measuring fear of centipedes in Slovenian primary school students and finding out which fear related stimuli cause this fear. In order to determine whether or not fear is the consequence of evolutionary development or model teaching, we tested third and eight grade students. By comparing one city and one country school we also wanted to find out if fear is related to knowledge and contact with that animal. Our research showed that fear levels in primary school students is very low in city and country school. Fear levels were higher in eighth grade, which indicates on model teaching as cause of fear development. Knowledge about centipede was found very poor. A lot of the students mix centipede with Earwig (Insecta) and don't know the most basic centipede characteristics.

• Keywords: centipede