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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ingrained behavior is considered affectionate for humans but rude for dogs and should be avoided?

2. How do you teach a dog to come?

3. What is the first step a person should do in order to ingratiate her or himself with a dog?

4. What kind of animal behaviorist is Patricia McConnell?

5. McConnell suggests sniffing different parts of the house, plants, books, bedsheets, in order to determine what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does McConnell advise against play fighting or wrestling with a dog?

2. Why does McConnell recommend that a dog owner wear a hat around the house, and what is her larger point?

3. What is a little known fact about our sense of smell, and what does it indicate about how humans live in the world?

4. Why does McConnell advise against taking a ball from a dog's mouth, and why is it important?

5. According to McConnell, what sense perception do humans believe dogs respond to that is incorrect and why is it significant?

6. What is the "guy-with-the-gold-chain" hypothesis and what does it signify?

7. What are commissures, and why are they important?

8. Why do primates look away, and in what situations should an owner do the same?

9. What myth do humans perpetuate about how dogs respond to them, and what does it signify?

10. According to McConnell, what physical behaviors should people pay the most attention to in a dog and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss qualities that make a good leader, according to McConnell. How do these leadership qualities pertain to effective dog training and hare they relevant to everyday life?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of habituation in relation to dog training in the book.

1) Provide four examples of habituation in dogs.

2) Provide four methods to counteract habituation in dogs.

Essay Topic 3

McConnell discusses Motherese in the book to illustrate several ways humans and dogs communicate. What is Motherese and how does it influence human and dog communication?

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