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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When first training a dog to play fetch, what should an owner do?
(a) Throw a ball a few feet away.
(b) Kick the ball to the dog.
(c) Give the ball with a hand.
(d) Throw a ball far away.

2. What is paedomorphism?
(a) The presence of adult qualities in adolescence.
(b) The retention of juvenile qualities into adulthood.
(c) The absence of adult qualities in adolescence.
(d) The release of juvenile qualities in adulthood.

3. What myth do humans perpetuate about dog's regard for them, according to McConnell?
(a) That dogs give humans "unconditional negative regard."
(b) That dogs give humans "conditional negative regard."
(c) That dogs give humans "conditional positive regard."
(d) That dogs give humans "unconditional positive regard."

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

5. Why should a person "release the pressure" after she or he has initiated a block?
(a) Because dogs become threatened if a human is too close.
(b) Because dogs cannot see from a close distance.
(c) Because dogs should be rewarded after a negative behavior has stopped.
(d) Because dogs cannot behave if a human is too close.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are dogs' ancestors?

2. When a person cocks his or her head, what does it tell the dog?

3. Besides giving a dog a command to wait at the door, what else does McConnell suggest an owner do?

4. Who displays affection by "ventral-ventral contact"?

5. Who does NOT display affection by "ventral-ventral contact"

(see the answer key)

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