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Comprehension Quiz for “The Brains of the Animal Kingdom”

Read “The Brains of the Animal Kingdom” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. Why does de Waal refer to Aristotle, Descartes, and Skinner?

to explain why animals are intelligent

to define IQ

to establish the past view of animal intelligence

to describe the scientific process

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2. Why have tests to determine animal intelligence so often failed?

The control group has been too small.

The animals have not been chosen well.

The tests have not been funded appropriately.

The tests have not been designed from an animal’s perspective.

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3. What are two of the failed intelligence tests administered to elephants?

the stick test and the stone test

the stick test and the mirror test

the mirror test and the light test

the light test and the stone test

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4. When de Waal refers to “physiology of intelligence,” what is he referring to?

the idea that mental processes such as thinking lie outside a centralized brain

the idea that intelligence is beyond the ability of scientists to study it

the idea that animals think in the same way that humans do

the idea that intelligence cannot be defined

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5. According to de Waal, what is the future trend in the scientific community regarding animal intelligence?

Scientists are realizing that the views of Aristotle and Descartes were correct.

Studies on animals are being phased out, due to concerns over animal cruelty.

Scientists are beginning to see animals as able to make decisions, rather than as unthinking machines.

Humans will increasingly be surpassed in intelligence by animals.

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