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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. According to McConnell, why is there aggression in a social hierarchy?

2. According to McConnell, an owner should de-emphasize what as an ideal way to deal with a dog?

3. What choice should humans make in regard to how they treat dogs, according to McConnell?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What steps should an owner take to curb unwanted behavior?

2. What choice does McConnell say that an owner has in terms of leadership, and why is it significant?

3. How do juvenile wolves differ from adults in terms of social hierarchies and how does it pertain to dogs?

4. According to McConnell, what are the repercussions of a dog who has had a sensitive period?

5. What have studies found about an owner grieving over a pet, and why is it significant?

6. How can a person gauge a puppy's personality before she or he adopts or buys one?

7. What are puppy mills?

8. How should an owner teach a dog to wait patiently at the door?

9. Why does McConnell state that prospective owners should not be impressed by show dog-type breeds?

10. How do primates socialize that not all dogs may appreciate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss dog training in the book by choosing five commands and illustrating step-by-step how to dog to learn them. Then, discuss the overall approach from a critical standpoint. What does dog training reveal about the way humans learn? Are they comparable?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how humans and dogs cope with death.

1) What are the similarities and difference between how humans and dogs grieve?

2) What resources are available for owners who have lost a pet or pets who have lost a companion?

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