Dog Psychology Final Exam 2024/2025 with correct answers
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What evidence contradicts Coppinger's "Farmer's Scavenger" hypothesis of the origin of dogs? correct answersAt least one dog skeleton is held by most observers to be older than the onset of agriculture
Which of the following statements is not true of instincts? correct answersinstincts imply a h...
What evidence contradicts Coppinger's "Farmer's Scavenger" hypothesis of the origin of dogs? correct
answersAt least one dog skeleton is held by most observers to be older than the onset of agriculture
Which of the following statements is not true of instincts? correct answersinstincts imply a higher level
of awareness
Why did Belyaev select the friendliest foxes? correct answersto understand the origins of domestication
What does Belyaev's fox experiment not prove? correct answersHumans created dogs by selecting the
friendliest wolves to be the parents of the next generation
How did Clever Hans answer questions correctly? correct answersBy watching the movement of the
questioner's head
Which of the following is not a true statement about Fixed Action Patterns? correct answersFixed action
patterns vary widely among different individuals of a species
what is ethology? correct answersthe scientific study of animal behavior within a biological tradition
What does Ray Coppinger mean by the "Pinocchio hypothesis?" correct answersPeople gradually
produced dogs by selecting the friendliest wolves in each generation to be the parents of the nex
Which of the following was not widely believed by behaviorists? correct answersScientists must use
ethograms when studying animal behavior
Who was Clever Hans? correct answersA horse that could answer questions by stomping its foot
Properties of Action Patterns may include any the following EXCEPT correct answerscommand receiver
, Which sense develops first in dogs and wolves? correct answersolfaction
What is the relationship between taming and domestication? correct answersTaming takes place during
an individual's lifetime: domestication is an evolutionary process across generations
Which of the following is NOT one of Scott and Fuller's four phases of dog development? correct
answersthe neotenization period
What was the most common response of a dog in Ethiopia to the approach of an unfamiliar human?
correct answersthe dog ran away
According to Poyarkov, all of these are examples of free-living dogs, EXCEPT correct answersDogs that
escape from their human families for a day or so
Hybrization between dogs and wild canids correct answersoccurs in nature
Which of the following is suitable for inclusion on an ethogram? correct answerstail carriage
All of the following would be good items to include on an ethogram of dog behavior EXCEPT: correct
answersdog looks happy
Which of the following is NOT a recognized aspect of dominance in animal behavior? correct
answersphysical punishment
What is, by Skinner's definition, the consequence of positive reinforcement? correct answersThe
behavior that preceded the reinforcement is more likely to be repeated in the future
A clicker, when used as a training aid, is technically known as correct answersa secondary reinforcer
All of the following are examples of positive reinforcement for the dog EXCEPT correct answersAn owner
stops jerking the leash when the dog walks nicely to heel
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