ARW PAGE 97

Identifying main ideas

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1.Many animals have extreme perception.

• it is a main idea

• it isn't a main idea

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2.The author believes that true cognition, or intelligence, is defined as solving problems under novel conditions.

• yes, it is a main idea.

• No, it isn't a main idea.

why is this a main idea?

it shows a great many of the ideas that author gave to exemplify how intelligence should be understood in animals.

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3.Ms. Standley's seizure alert dogs are able to predict about 80 % of her seizures before they happen.

• yes, it is a main idea.

• no, it isn't a main idea

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4.Some psychologists believe animals like Clever Hans are not really intelligent.

• yes, it is a main idea.

• No, it isn't a main idea.

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5. Some animals are able to read human behaviour by observing subtle signs that even humans don't recognize.

• yes, it is a main idea.

• no, it isn't a main idea.

why is this a main idea?

the author stablishes many examples that describes animals being able to recognize some signals , therefore it embraces the examples into a just one main idea.

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6.The pshychologist Oskar Pfungst was able to show that Hans wasn't really counting

• yes, it is a main idea

• No, it isn't a main idea

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7. For Clever Hans to correctly answer a question, two conditions had to be met. He had to be able to see the person asking the question, and the person had to know the answer to the question.

• yes, it is a main idea.

• No, it isn't a main idea.

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8. The author believes seizure alert dogs and Clever Hans are showing high intelligence because they are able to recognize a sign and then choose to do something about it.

• yes, it is a main idea.

• No , it isn't a main idea.

why is this a main idea?

The writer uses these two animals to give us examples on how animals can show their intelligence.