
INSTINCT AND INTELLECT-READING QUIZ
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12th Grade
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The fact that a dog can smell things a person can’t doesn’t make him a genius—it just makes him a dog. Humans can see things dogs can’t, but that doesn’t make us smarter. However, when you look at the jobs some animals have invented for themselves using their advanced perceptual abilities, you’re moving into the realm of true cognition, which is solving a problem under novel conditions. The story of the fire alarm parrot is an example of an animal using advanced perceptual ability to solve a problem no parrot was born knowing how to solve. Fire alarm parrots are parrots who, their owners say, can predict a fire before it starts.
1-The passage suggests that animals can invent jobs for themselves by applying their unique perceptual abilities in novel ways.
true
false
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
2 The fact that a dog can smell things a person can’t doesn’t make him a genius—it just makes him a dog. Humans can see things dogs can’t, but that doesn’t make us smarter. However, when you look at the jobs some animals have invented for themselves using their advanced perceptual abilities, you’re moving into the realm of true cognition, which is solving a problem under novel conditions. The story of the fire alarm parrot is an example of an animal using advanced perceptual ability to solve a problem no parrot was born knowing how to solve. Fire alarm parrots are parrots who, their owners say, can predict a fire before it starts.
2-Predicting a fire before it starts is a natural behavior that all parrots are born with.
True
False
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The fact that a dog can smell things a person can’t doesn’t make him a genius—it just makes him a dog. Humans can see things dogs can’t, but that doesn’t make us smarter. However, when you look at the jobs some animals have invented for themselves using their advanced perceptual abilities, you’re moving into the realm of true cognition, which is solving a problem under novel conditions. The story of the fire alarm parrot is an example of an animal using advanced perceptual ability to solve a problem no parrot was born knowing how to solve. Fire alarm parrots are parrots who, their owners say, can predict a fire before it starts.
3-True cognition is demonstrated only when an animal uses its innate abilities to solve familiar problems.
True
False
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
There’s still controversy over whether you can train a parrot to predict a fire, and so far people haven’t had a lot of luck trying. However, there are a number of parrots who have figured it out on their own. These parrots were trained as fire alarm parrots, meaning they can alert people when there is fire. The parrot might be trained to imitate the noise of a fire alarm or start flying and making noise to get people’s attention. Those are all standard helpful behaviors any parrot can be trained to perform.
4-Fire alarm parrots are trained to alert people by imitating the sound of a fire alarm or by making noise and flying around.
False
True
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
There’s still controversy over whether you can train a parrot to predict a fire, and so far people haven’t had a lot of luck trying. However, there are a number of parrots who have figured it out on their own. These parrots were trained as fire alarm parrots, meaning they can alert people when there is fire. The parrot might be trained to imitate the noise of a fire alarm or start flying and making noise to get people’s attention. Those are all standard helpful behaviors any parrot can be trained to perform.
5-Parrots predicting fires is a behavior that people have successfully trained them to do consistently.
False
True
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
However, a small percent of animals have gone from responding to dangers to perceiving signs of a danger ahead of time. No one knows how they do this because the signs are invisible to people. No human being can look at the sea and immediately tell that a tsunami is coming, but an elephant immediately knows this just by being nearby. Animals are able to detect the sudden changes in the environment which could be the signs of impending danger.
6-What can be inferred about animals that perceive danger ahead of time?
A. They have a special sense that humans lack, allowing them to detect environmental changes.
B. They are trained by humans to recognize signs of natural disasters.
C. They respond to dangers only after they occur.
D. They use visual cues that are easily noticeable to people.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Another story I remember is about Clever Hans. Hans was the world-famous German horse in the early 1900s whose owner, Wilhelm von Osten, thought he could count. Herr von Osten could ask the horse questions like, “What’s seven and five?” and Hans would tap out the number twelve with his hoof. Hans could even tap out answers to questions like, “If the eighth day of the month comes on Tuesday, what is the date for the following Friday?” He could answer mathematical questions posed to him by complete strangers, too.
What can be inferred about Clever Hans based on the story?
A. Clever Hans’s abilities seemed remarkable because he could answer questions from strangers.
B. Clever Hans was likely trained to perform simple mathematical calculations.
C. Clever Hans’s owner taught him complex mathematical reasoning skills.
D. Clever Hans communicated with his owner through verbal language.
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