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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is habituation?
(a) Habituation is the final step in dog training.
(b) Habituation is the process of cohabitating with a dog.
(c) Habituation occurs when a dog has a habit that cannot be broken.
(d) Habituation occurs when a stimulus is so contant as to become meaningless.

3. McConnell concluded that animal handlers use slow, continuous notes for what purpose?
(a) To distract animals from potential danger.
(b) To get animals to slow down.
(c) To enourage animals to stay calm.
(d) To stop animals from disobeying.

4. How can an owner make themselves the object of a chase?
(a) By walking away from a dog bringing a ball back.
(b) By tossing a ball far from a dog.
(c) By keeping the ball from a dog.
(d) By walking toward a dog bringing a ball back.

5. Why did a dog growl and snap at visitors who had recently eaten pizza?
(a) Because she remembered a pizza delivery boy yelling at her when he delivered pizza.
(b) Because she remembered a pizza delivery boy kicking her.
(c) Because she remembered her owner kicking her when she ate pizza.
(d) Because she remembered her owner yelling at her after they ate pizza.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can an owner encourage a dog to stop barking?

2. Why are humans hardwired to find babies adorable, according to McConnell?

3. According to McConnell, where does the most aggression in a social hierarchy occur?

4. What kind of animal behaviorist is Patricia McConnell?

5. What does "ventral-ventral contact" mean?

(see the answer key)

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