Information and IdeasEasyFinding supporting a claim about a dog's training
Information and Ideas practice question
A trainer claims that the rescue dog has learned to respond to the recall whistle.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the trainer's claim?
- A. In twenty trials in an open field, the dog returned to the trainer within ten seconds of the whistle on nineteen occasions.Correct
- B. The dog is a spaniel.
- C. The trainer has worked with dogs for years.
- D. The dog enjoys walks.
Answer: A. In twenty trials in an open field, the dog returned to the trainer within ten seconds of the whistle on nineteen occasions.
Nineteen of twenty recalls is direct evidence of the learned response.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The dog is a spaniel.
- Breed doesn't show training.
- C. The trainer has worked with dogs for years.
- Experience doesn't show this dog's response.
- D. The dog enjoys walks.
- Enjoyment doesn't show recall.
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