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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to McConnell, humans are "living, breathing _____machine guns."
(a) Tactile.
(b) Aural.
(c) Verbal.
(d) Olfaction.

2. How many languages do the animal handlers McConnell researches use?
(a) 104.
(b) 202.
(c) 37.
(d) 16.

3. How does McConnell respond to the dog when it lunges at her in front of an audience?
(a) She yells at the dog.
(b) She kicks the dog.
(c) She pets the dog.
(d) She retreats from the dog.

4. According to McConnell, what is the best word to use to encourage a dog's silence?
(a) Stop.
(b) Down.
(c) Enough.
(d) No.

5. What are the corners of a dog's mouth called?
(a) Closurres.
(b) Ceassures.
(c) Cissurres.
(d) Commissures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can a dog do if it gets fed up or angry with play fighting?

2. If a parent play fights with a dog, how will the dog play fight with a child?

3. Why did a dog growl and snap at visitors who had recently eaten pizza?

4. According to McConnell what is a great way for rewarding a dog that stays?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is it counter-intuitive to yell a command to a barking dog?

3. What do the steps in teaching a dog how to come illustrate about training dogs?

4. How do dogs interpret loud voices and what does it signify?

5. Why is it important to properly teach a dog to play fetch?

6. What biological and anatomical differences are their between humans and dogs in terms of smell, and why is it significant for owners and trainers?

7. What is object play and what is its relation to our primate heritage?

8. What is the command McConnell teaches that mimics pack behavior, and how is it executed?

9. What is Motherese and why is it significant?

10. What is the difference between how we use our sense of smell versus how dogs use their sense of smell?

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