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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will primates do with the objects around them?
(a) Use them as weapons.
(b) Manipulate them to get food.
(c) Ignore them.
(d) Barter them for comfort.

2. According to McConnell, what do decades of research indicate about what almost all dogs respond to?
(a) That almost all dogs respond to visual stimuli.
(b) That almost all dogs respond to gustation stimuli.
(c) That almost all dogs respond to physical stimuli.
(d) That almost all dogs respond to aural stimuli.

3. How does a person "release the pressure" after a block has been initiated?
(a) By leaning back.
(b) By turning around.
(c) By stepping aside.
(d) By crouching down.

4. What three behaviors do dogs consider highly rude?
(a) Distance, face-to-face contact, and direct eye contact.
(b) Closeness, no face-to-face contact, and no direct eye contact.
(c) Distance, no face-to-face contact, and no direct eye contact.
(d) Closeness, face-to-face contact, and direct eye contact.

5. Why would an owner use "pup pup pup"?
(a) To get the dog to come.
(b) To tell the dog to stay.
(c) To offer the dog a treat.
(d) To give the dog a task.

Short Answer Questions

1. How should a person greet a new dog so as not to appear aggressive or rude?

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

3. According to McConnell, much of a dog's behavior has to do with what is _______versus what is _______.

4. What physical traits were present in the study which illustrated that paedomorphism is also physiological?

5. What area of a dog's body is considered a form of dominance if petted?

(see the answer key)

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