In the study of dogs and their owners, Samuel Gosling and his colleagues found that:

A) dogs do not have personalities.
B) the owners and neutral observers could not agree on the dogs' personalities.
C) all of the dogs had similar personality traits.
D) the dog owners and the neutral observers all agreed strongly in their ratings of the dogs' personalities along four of the Big Five dimensions.

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Yotoya Price · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  The study found that both the dog owners and neutral observers agreed strongly in their ratings of the dogs' personalities along four of the Big Five personality dimensions (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism), indicating that dogs do have personalities and that these personalities can be accurately assessed by humans. Therefore, choice D is the best answer.

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