Unit 1 Exam

A  multi-male, multi-female

B  solitary

C  monogamous

D  one-male, multi-female

A  primate males always kill infants.

B  primate males are lazy.

C  primate females are smarter and can learn how to raise offspring, while males can’t.

D  females are committed to parental investment by their physiology (gestation, lactation).

A  religious behaviors

B  cracking nuts

C  tool-use techniques

D  hunting strategies

A  it is a species typical behavior

B  all of these explain why grooming is not a cultural behavior in nonhuman primates

C  chimps in all groups groom

D  there is no regional variation in the behavior of grooming

A  individuals must be able to keep track of past interactions

B  These all are necessary conditions

C  individuals must interact frequently

D  individuals must restrict help to those who have helped them

A  the ability to refer to specific objects in the world (semanticity), the ability to refer to things that are not currently present of even visible or physical (displacement) and the ability to string together multiple utterances to create novel communications (openness)

B  the ability to refer to specific objects in the world (semanticity)

C  the ability to string together multiple utterances to create novel communications (openness)

D  the ability to refer to things that are not currently present of even visible or physical (displacement)

A  all of these are examples of primate communication

B  a lemur marks territory with a scent gland

C  a male baboon displays his large canines

D  a male grooms an estrus female

A  stereoscopic vision

B  a frontal lobe

C  spoken language

D  sociality

A  insects and meat

B  meat

C  fruits, leaves and seeds

D  insects, meat, fruits, leaves and seeds

A  Food obtained by men and women are transported to a home base where it is shared.

B  Food obtained by men and women are transported to a home base where it is shared, bands exploit a diverse series of habitats and food resources and men and women tend to perform different yet complementary economic tasks, referred to as a sexual division of labor.

C  Bands exploit a diverse series of habitats and food resources.

D  Men and women tend to perform different yet complementary economic tasks, referred to as a sexual division of labor.

A  heterodonty

B  sexual dimorphism

C  neoteny

D  allometric growth

A  Individuals living in larger groups are at less risk from predators than individuals living in smaller groups.

B  Predation poses a serious risk to most primate species.

C  Some species use alarm calls and can defend themselves against some predators.

D  Some species use alarm calls and can defend themselves against some predators, individuals living in larger groups are at less risk from predators than individuals living in smaller groups and predation poses a serious risk to most primate species.

A  insects and meat

B  fruits, leaves and seeds

C  insects, meat, fruits, leaves and seeds

D  meat

A  lemurs.

B  terrestrial monkeys.

C  gibbons.

D  apes.

A  All of these traits characterize quadrupedal monkeys.

B  hold their bodies parallel to the ground (pronograde posture) when walking.

C  have long arched spines for flexible movement when leaping.

D  have narrow rib cages with scapula on the side, limiting the range of motion in the shoulder.

A  the size of the neocortex

B  all of these are relevant features of the brain in comparing species’ intelligence

C  the brain size to body size ratio

D  the number of neurons found in the brain

E  the EQ

A  gorillas

B  orangutans

C  humans

D  all of these examples are members of Hominidae

A  monkeys

B  lemurs

C  humans

D  apes

A  a framework that explains confirmed hypotheses

B  an educated guess

C  a method of identifying variables

D  the same as a proven fact

A  Hypotheses and theories are always open to further testing and data that shows they are wrong or incomplete

B  An hypothesis can not be wrong

C  Scientists regularly make up data, using false evidence to support their ideas

D  Hypotheses are always correct, supported by lots of data

A  cultural anthropology

B  linguistic anthropology

C  archeology

D  biological anthropology