How Smart Are Animals?

Why did Andrea Anderson need help from Villa, the Newfoundland dog, in "How Smart Are Animals?"

• She got lost on her way home.

• She twisted her ankle and could not walk.

• She was blown into a snowdrift during a blizzard.

• She wanted to study dogs to determine how intelligent they are.

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In "How Smart Are Animals?" C.G. Beer's experiment on the "long calls" of laughing gulls proves which of the following ideas?

• Scientists can easily interpret animal communication.

• Birds communicate in a way that is similar to human speech.

• Laughing gulls make signals that are the same for each bird on all occasions.

• There are differences in the calls of birds that are hard for a human to notice.

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Which of the following is the BEST description of a phenomenon?

• a scientific study

• a rare and interesting event

• a new way of understanding something

• an animal exhibiting intelligent behavior

According to "How Smart Are Animals" what was a common attitude toward animal intelligence up to the 1960's?

• some species were thought to be smarter than others.

• Animals were thought to act on instinct, without any ability to think.

• Scientists thought that understanding animal intelligence would be an impossible task.

• The mental abilities of animals were thought jto be similar to those of human beings.

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If you EVALUATE a situation properly, which of the following statements is true?

• You have many questions about it.

• You have gone with your first instinct.

• You have considered and judged it thoroughly.

• You have set up an experiment and collected data.

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What is the "Clever Hans phenomenon" described in "How Smart Are Animals?"

• a situation that demonstrates why scientists cannot be fooled.

• a study that demonstrates the intelligence of animals through a series of tests

• an incident in which an animal uses its problem-solving skills to help a human

• an experiment in which an animal seems intelligent but is merely responding to cues

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What is one important reason that it is difficult to compare the intelligence of one animal species to another?

• Most animal species do not use tools.

• Some animal species may be lazier than others.

• Different animal species may not speak the same language.

• Different animal species may not be physically equipped to take the same tests.

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What are two qualities the author states that show true intelligence and that might be measurable in animals?

• problem-solving capacity and counting aptitude

• counting aptitude and trainability

• digestive ability and problem-solving capacity

• problem-solving ability and sleeping habits

What is the SOI test?

• a test that measures the brain cells in an animal

• a test that evaluates the trainability in an animal

• a test that evaluates the five main factors of intelligence, with many subcategories

• a test that shows the level of intelligence in human beings

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A synonym for the vocabulary word, interprets, would be:

• silence

• explanation

• outgoing

• exempt

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