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Dog-Human Communication Quiz: Advanced

For people who already know the basics about dogs. From gazing and hormones, tears at reunion and how we talk to dogs to telling words apart and dogs' facial expressions depending on which way a person is facing, five questions check exchanges between dogs and people against research findings.

5 questionsabout 2 min

Answer all 5 questions correctly on your first try to count a clear toward your titles. If you miss some, practise until you get them all right, then pass the review check 3 days later to count it the same way.

Questions in this quiz (5)

Answers and explanations appear after you finish all the questions.

  1. In a study, dogs that often gazed at their owners spent 30 minutes interacting with them. Afterwards, what happened to the oxytocin in their urine?

    • Only the owner's oxytocin had risen
    • Neither one's oxytocin had changed
    • Both the owner's and the dog's oxytocin had risen

  2. A dog that had been apart for a long time was reunited either with its owner or with a familiar person who was not its owner. What did a 2022 study find about its tears?

    • More when reunited with the owner
    • More when reunited with the familiar person
    • About the same with either person

  3. In an experiment with adult dogs, one person talked about things unrelated to dogs in a high-pitched voice, and another talked about dog-related things in an adult-directed voice. Which person did the dogs want to spend time with?

    • The person using a high voice for non-dog talk
    • About equally with both people
    • The person using an adult voice for dog talk

  4. An instruction word a dog already knows, such as "sit", and a similar-sounding nonsense word. What did a study of brain responses find?

    • A stronger response to the known word
    • A stronger response to the nonsense word
    • A similar response to both words

  5. A person facing the dog, or a person with their back turned holding food. In which situation did the dogs move their faces more?

    • When the person had turned to face the dog
    • When the person, back turned, held food
    • About the same in both situations

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