How Smart Are Animals? Mastery Questions

Measuring animal intelligence is difficult because:

• Animals are too much like people.

• Animals do not like to learn.

• Animals are different from one another.

• Animals only like to perform tricks.

Which of the following is true about studying the intelligence of wild animals?

• They may be afraid or feel strange in a lab setting and not display their accurate measure of intelligence.

• They are more intelligent than animals studied in a lab.

• Wild animals are easier to handle and it is easier to measure their intelligence compared to domestic animals, like a dog.

• Wild animals help scientists design experiments when it comes to measuring intelligence.

What is a challenge in measuring animal intelligence?

• We don't know for sure what they are thinking.

• Interpreting their intelligence is inconsistent because they may not have the mental ability to solve problems and prove their intelligence.

• It can be difficult to interpret the results from intelligence studies.

• All of the above.

True or False:

It is difficult to measure intelligence in animals, but we can still learn about their mental abilities looking at how they survive in their natural environment.

• True

• False

Something that has complexity:

• Has many different parts and layers.

• Has a few simple connections.

• Can be easily and quickly explained.

• Takes a short time to understand.

If the results of ten tests show inconsistency:

• They are the same every time.

• They are done correctly every time.

• They are done incorrectly every time.

• The results are not the same every time.

A phenomenon is:

• A long, difficult intelligence test.

• An unusual or remarkable fact or event.

• A confusing animal trick.

• A scientific experiment.

Which of these is NOT measureable or observable in animals when studying their intelligence?

• How fast they learn

• How they rerieve information from long term memory

• How they problem solve

• How they plan for events