Of Pups and Puzzles

  • War
  • Documentary
9/6/1941
10
NR

Storyline

This short film shows how the war department utilizes a Ph.D., a chimp, and three dogs to help design aptitude tests for men applying for work.

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  • Geronimo1967

    Theres something of the Pavlovs dog to this short feature that illustrates quite amusingly that an initiative test is likely to provide a better candidate for a job than just randomly selecting one based on what they might look like. Whilst that latter technique might work better if you want a lumberjack, its not so effective when you need a problem solver or someone who can focus when all hell is breaking loose nearby. This isnt just an analysis of how people deal with these tests, but we also see three dogs using associative theory to assess the likelihood of food coming and theres a scene stealing chimp that best combines its wits with its innate nimbleness to get the banana. Is this a serious documentary or is it a spoof? I dont know, b...

    July 10, 2025

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