--- title: How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 389 «How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle boxes and Clever Hans» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / How scientists test animal minds: the… # How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle boxes and Clever Hans The 15 questions of lesson 389 «How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle boxes and Clever Hans» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 79 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/t1/) — «my dog barks at the mirror then ignores it, so dogs are dumb» What is the best reasoning? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/t2/) — A horse taps the right answer only when its owner, who knows the sum, stands in front of it. What is the best next step? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/t3/) — In a cartoon a cat solves a maths test faster than the class. If a real scientist saw a cat do this, what should they do first? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/t4/) — Count them: a chart lists 5 kinds that passed the mirror test and 3 that failed. How many kinds were tested? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/t5/) — Count them: the water jar test is done with 4 crows and then 3 rooks. How many birds in all, and how many legs? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/t6/) — «a crow got a treat outta a tube with stones, it's a fluke» What would make the result stronger? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/t7/) — «why'd they reward Alex with the thing he named, lol spoilt bird» What is the best reason? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/t8/) — What would happen if a scientist always smiled when the animal got near the right answer? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/t9/) — «put a sticker on a cat's paw, it pulls it off, so cats pass the mirror test» What is wrong? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/t10/) — «are these animals in tests treated ok or what» What is the right picture? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/t11/) — Why did Clever Hans still deserve the name clever? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/e1/) — Identify the principal flaw disclosed in the celebrated case of the horse Clever Hans. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/e2/) — Ascertain the reason for which the mirror test may be deemed unsuited to the assessment of dogs. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the water jar test administered to rooks. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises sound practice in experiments upon animal cognition? — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [388. Surprising brains: tool-using fish, counting bee…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs/) - next →: [390. How animals sleep: half-asleep dolphins, standin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/390-how-animals-sleep-half-asleep-dolphins-standing-horses-short-sleeping-giraffes-and-birds-that-nap-in-the-air/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/)