How Smart Are Animals?

What is the main challenge in determining the intelligence of animals?

• Animals do not have the ability to think

• Animals cannot be trained to perform tasks

• Animals are too varied in their physical makeup and life styles

• Animals have different physical makeup and life styles

What did the experiment with Clever Hans the horse reveal?

• Hans was sensitive to the movements of the people watching

• Hans was able to solve numerical problems

• Hans understood human language

• Hans had mastered arithmetic

What are some factors of intelligence that can be measured or observed in animals?

• All of the above

• Ability to learn by watching what others do, tool manufacture and use, and symbolic communication

• Decision-making and problem-solving capacity, counting aptitude, and understanding of spatial relations

• Speed of learning, complexity of learned tasks, and ability to retrieve information from long-term memory

Why is it difficult to compare the intelligence of different animal species?

• Animals have different mental abilities

• All of the above

• Animals have different physical abilities

• Animals have different life styles

What is one of the challenges when studying animal behavior in the wild?

• Wild animals are afraid of humans

• Wild animals are hard to come by

• All of the above

• Wild animals may not perform well in a laboratory setting

What is the Structure of Intellect (SOI) test used for?

• To evaluate different factors of intelligence in humans

• To evaluate creativity in animals

• To measure the intelligence of animals

• To compare the intelligence of different animal species

What did the experiment with the cebus monkey and rhesus monkey reveal about color vision?

• Cebus monkeys have better color vision than rhesus monkeys

• Rhesus monkeys have better color vision than cebus monkeys

• Cebus monkeys and rhesus monkeys have the same color vision

• Cebus monkeys and rhesus monkeys have different color vision

What did C. G. Beer discover about laughing gull behavior?

• The long call is a complex form of communication

• The long call is a signal that is understood by all birds

• The long call is the same for each bird and is made on all occasions

• The long call helps distinguish one bird from another

What is one of the pitfalls when interpreting animal behavior?

• Inconsistency in animal performance

• Lack of perceptive abilities in animals

• All of the above

• Difficulty in measuring animal intelligence

What is the main focus of scientists studying animal intelligence?

• To compare the intelligence of different animal species

• To understand how animals solve problems and use their mental abilities

• To determine the factors of intelligence in animals

• To develop tests that measure intelligence more accurately