Unit 1 Exam

A  monogamous

B  multi-male, multi-female

C  one-male, multi-female

D  solitary

A  primate males are lazy.

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

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

D  primate males always kill infants.

A  religious behaviors

B  tool-use techniques

C  cracking nuts

D  hunting strategies

A  there is no regional variation in the behavior of grooming

B  chimps in all groups groom

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

D  it is a species typical behavior

A  individuals must be able to keep track of past interactions

B  individuals must restrict help to those who have helped them

C  These all are necessary conditions

D  individuals must interact frequently

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

B  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)

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  a male grooms an estrus female

B  all of these are examples of primate communication

C  a male baboon displays his large canines

D  a lemur marks territory with a scent gland

A  spoken language

B  stereoscopic vision

C  a frontal lobe

D  sociality

A  insects, meat, fruits, leaves and seeds

B  insects and meat

C  fruits, leaves and seeds

D  meat

A  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.

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

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

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

A  neoteny

B  allometric growth

C  heterodonty

D  sexual dimorphism

A  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.

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

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

D  Predation poses a serious risk to most primate species.

A  insects, meat, fruits, leaves and seeds

B  insects and meat

C  fruits, leaves and seeds

D  meat

A  terrestrial monkeys.

B  gibbons.

C  apes.

D  lemurs.

A  All of these traits characterize quadrupedal monkeys.

B  have long arched spines for flexible movement when leaping.

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

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

A  the number of neurons found in the brain

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

C  the EQ

D  the brain size to body size ratio

E  the size of the neocortex

A  gorillas

B  humans

C  all of these examples are members of Hominidae

D  orangutans

A  apes

B  lemurs

C  humans

D  monkeys

A  a method of identifying variables

B  a framework that explains confirmed hypotheses

C  an educated guess

D  the same as a proven fact

A  Hypotheses are always correct, supported by lots of data

B  An hypothesis can not be wrong

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

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

A  linguistic anthropology

B  biological anthropology

C  cultural anthropology

D  archeology