Editing Exercise 7

Dogs are probably the first tame animals. They have accompanied humans

for some 10,000 years. Some scientist assert that all dogs, domestic and 1 ……………………
scientists

wild, sharing a common ancestor in the small South Asian wolf. Today, 2 ……………………
shared

humans have breed hundreds of different domestic dog breeds – some of 3 ……………………
bred

which could never survive in the wild. Although their many shapes and sizes, 4 ……………………
despite

all domestic dogs, from Newfoundlands to pugs, are members from the 5 ……………………
of

same species – Canis familiaris. Although they had domestic temperaments, 6 ……………………
have

these dogs are related to wolves, foxes and jackals. Domestic dogs still 7 ……………………
their
share many behaviours with their wild relatives. Both defend its territories 8 ……………………

and mark them by urinating on trees, rocks, fence posts and other suitable 9 ……………………

sites. These scent-posts serve as a notice with other dogs that an animal is 10 ………………….
to

occupying its territory.

Fundamental attribution error describes the tendency to overestimate an

individual’s influence and underestimate external, situational factors. In 1 ……………………

1967, researchers at Duke University set up a following experiment: 2 ……………………

the

participants read an argument either lauding and vilifying a politician. 3 ……………………

or

They were informed that the author of the text have been allocated the 4 ……………………
had

viewpoint regardless of their true political views; he was just making a 5 ……………………
his

audience
coherent argument. Nevertheless, most of the audiences believed what 6 ……………………

he said reflects his true opinion. They falsely attributed the content of his 7 ……………………
reflected

speech to his character, and ignored the external factor – from this case, 8 ……………………
in

the professors who had crated the text. The result of this 9 ……………………

preoccupation with other people are that we spend much more time 10 ………………….
is

thinking about them than assessing other factors and contexts.