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Dogs have the ability to "read" human emotions. For example, dogs have been shown to discriminate between humans who approach in a friendly manner as opposed to a threatening one. They also respond more positively to rewards such as petting and positive verbalizations. Canines can also distinguish between a smiling face, a neutral one, and faces with expressions between happiness and disgust. Amazingly, they can use this information to find food. Lastly, dogs have been known to recognize sad reactions in people and are more likely to approach a crying person compared with someone who is speaking or singing.
The main idea of this passage maintains that dogs
(A)prefer to approach humans with a neutral face
(B)receive the most food from humans who are disgusted
(C)feel sympathy for humans
(D)are aware of human emotions
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Okay see reading shmoop er's got kind of a different
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format here they give you a paragraph and you just
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have to answer this one thing so we're not multitasking
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again so let's just get to it first you always
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read the answers and then figure out where you're going
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in the paragraph So it's it the main idea of
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the passage and maintain that dog's preferred approach humans with
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a neutral face or received the most food from humans
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who are disgusted that feel sympathy for humans that can
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be true or are aware of human emotions Interesting Well
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let's skin this thing dogs have the ability to read
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human emotions For example dogs have in china's growing human
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approach in a friendly manner father threatening one their owners
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bottom or rather about verbalization canines house during a smiling
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face a neutral one face looks fresh didn't let me
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have your hand Amazingly they can use the information to
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find food Lastly documentary every sad reaction and those very
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pro the crying person being over singing interesting well dogs
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maybe man's best friend but we never knew they could
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recognise emotions that works for theo The passage states that
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dogs can tell how we're feeling based on our facial
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expressions and that they're more likely to approach a sad
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person than a happy one apparently keen on study human
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emotions as a way of securing their next piece of
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bacon that sounds reasonable to us so got to be
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d they're they're aware of human emotions right loser bowl
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group here Well then we're told that dogs can distinguish
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between happy neutral and disgusted faces The past doesn't reveal
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which face our furry friends prefer so get rid of
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a there They rely on this facial recognition to find
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food and humans with disgusted faces probably won't give him
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lots of treats while sometimes seems like final offers as
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pity cuddles when we're feeling blue the passage never actually
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claims that dogs can sympathize with people so like where
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did that come from They associate certain expressions with their
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likely outcomes but that doesn't mean dogs can process and
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experience emotions as we do so that's it it's the 00:01:54.67 --> [endTime] they're aware of human emotions in yet
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