Duke Canine Cognition Survey

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Your age:

Your sex:

Your dog's age:

Your dog's sex:

Your dog's breed:

Your zip code:

Your state:

Your country:

Which breed group does your dog fit into?

Toy

Mongrol

Herding

Retriever

Other

How many times have you visited the Duke Canine Cognition Center with a dog?

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Any comments on your overall experiences at the Duke Canine Cognition Center:

Which of the following most accurately describes you?

A: I work with dogs professionally

B: I tolerate the dogs I live with

C: I love the dogs in our house but they are more bonded to other family members

D: I love my dogs and its reciprocal

E: My dogs are my whole world

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Please indicate whether you agree or disagree with the following statement by choosing one of the choices below:

I enjoy having my dog’s cognition tested.

Agree

Disagree

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I would enjoy learning how to test my dog’s cognition on my own.

Agree

Disagree

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I would enjoy finding out what my dog’s unique intelligence is.

Agree

Disagree

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I would enjoy learning how my dog’s performance compares to other dogs on different types of intelligence tests.

Agree

Disagree

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I suspect my dog has above average intelligence.

Agree

Disagree

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Which species are dogs most closely related to genetically?

A: Prairie dog

B: Wolf

C: Coyote

D: Jackel

E: Hyena

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When did the first domestic dog evolve?

A: Between 300-500 years ago

B: Between 15,000-40,000 years ago

C: Over 150,000 years ago

D: Over 1 million years ago

E: None of the above

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Which is the most remarkable type of intelligence in dogs?

A: They are easy to train

B: They read your intentions in your body language

C: They can open doors

D: They recognize your voice

E: They never get lost

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Who has contributed the most to our knowledge of dog cognition today?

A: Ceaser Milan

B: Adam Miklosi

C: B.F. Skinner

D: Ivan Pavlov

E: E. O. Wilson

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What causes animal domestication?

A: Humans choose to shape another species by controlling their reproduction.

B: Domestication is caused when the least aggressive individuals in a population have the most surviving offspring and pass this trait onto future generations.

C: Domestication occurs when a wild animal is adopted by humans and they lose their fear of people.

D: A & B can both play a role in animal domestication.

E: None of the above.

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What did domestication do to dog cognition?

A: Domesticated dogs became smarter because smarter individuals were better at surviving with people.

B: Domestication makes dogs less intelligent than wolves on average.

C: By accident, dogs became more socially sophisticated as a by-product of domestication.

D: Domestication has had no impact. Dog and wolf cognition is essentially the same.

E: None of the above.

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Which species do humans share more genes with?

A: Dogs

B: Wolves

C: Cats

D: Rats

E: Cows

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Where did the first dog evolve?

A: In Europe

B: In multiple places all over the world

C: Scientist cannot agree yet

D: In the Middle East

E: In East Asia

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When I hear my dog bark:

A: I wish the barking would stop

B: Sometimes I feel like I understand what my dog is saying

C: I know my dog is frustrated

D: I know there is a stranger approaching

E: I ignore it because my dog barks for no reason

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What indicates that a dog is super smart?

A: Learning through trial and error

B: The ability to spontaneously solve a new problem

C: Their complicated behaviors

D: Only humans are super smart

E: Their breed is what makes them super smart

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How often does a lost dog find its way home without human help:

A: Almost always

B: When they are familiar with the area

C: Almost never

D: It's 50/50

E: Wolves do not get lost so neither do dogs

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So far which animal has yet to outsmart dogs in at least one type of intelligence test?

A: Rats

B: Chimpanzees

C: Cats

D: Wolves

E: Bonobos

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What is the same between feral dog and wolf society?

A: Everyone in both societies is closely related

B: When dogs go wild they form packs of similar size to wolves

C: The dominance hierarchy in a feral dog pack is the same as observed in a wolf pack

D: Feral dogs and wolves cooperate to raise their offspring

E: All of the above

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When a feral dog pack decides where to go who do they follow?

A: The most dominant dog in the pack

B: The dog with the most friends in the pack

C: The biggest dog in the pack

D: The dog who is best at finding food

E: Feral dogs do not live in packs

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Which is the most aggressive breed?

A: German Shepherd

B: Rottweiler

C: Pit bull

D: Labrador

E: No breed is more aggressive than the other

F: Other

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Which type of dog is the most intelligent?

A: Border collies

B: My dog

C: Shelter dogs

D: Different breeds have different types of intelligence so there is no breed that is more intelligent than all the others

E: No breed is particularly intelligent

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Which of these methods do you use most to teach your dog?

A: Reward them with food and a click from a clicker

B: Use punishment by ignoring them when they make a mistake

C: Demonstrate the solution to a problem or use another dog to demonstrate the solution

D: Make them feel guilty when they disappoint you

E: None of the above

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What makes dogs so easy to train compared to other species?

A: Dogs learn through trial and error faster than other species

B: Dogs like food treats more than other species

C: Dogs can remember the meaning of a command for longer than other species

D: Dogs are motivated to please humans more than other species

E: Dogs understand when we try to communicate with them better than other species

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I think of my dog as:

A: An accessory

B: An employee

C: My boss

D: A child

E: A spouse

F: An animal

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Would you trust someone more if they love their dog?

Yes

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In real life situations, are dogs more effective than machines at detecting explosive chemicals?

Yes

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