Anthropomorphism

Big word...I remember having to learn it when studying for the SAT (I knew that would pay off sometime). Anyway, if you didn't have to learn it for the SAT it means that you attribute human characteristics to non-human things. Nick was wondering last night what word describes when you attribute non-human things to humans (maybe something like animalmorphism - someone chime in under the comments section if there is actually a word for this.)? Anyway, he brought it up because we are always doing this to Jack and Claire. For example, Claire has learned to make this sound that sounds exactly like a hoot owl --"hooo, hoo, hoo." She does it over and over again (and believe me we haven't gotten sick of it yet - it is so cute). Then, because of her name (and the fact that she looks like a little teddy bear) we call her "Claire Bear." Jack we continuously refer to as a little piggy (he snarfs down his food like a little piggy). We seem to like to give our kids animal-like attributes. Wonder how this will affect them later in life-- will they be animal-lovers? Vets? Zoo-keepers?