Unit 1 Exam

A  monogamous

B  multi-male, multi-female

C  solitary

D  one-male, multi-female

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

B  primate males are lazy.

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

D  primate males always kill infants.

A  tool-use techniques

B  cracking nuts

C  religious behaviors

D  hunting strategies

A  it is a species typical behavior

B  there is no regional variation in the behavior of grooming

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

D  chimps in all groups groom

A  individuals must be able to keep track of past interactions

B  individuals must interact frequently

C  individuals must restrict help to those who have helped them

D  These all are necessary conditions

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

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

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

D  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)

A  all of these are examples of primate communication

B  a male baboon displays his large canines

C  a lemur marks territory with a scent gland

D  a male grooms an estrus female

A  sociality

B  spoken language

C  a frontal lobe

D  stereoscopic vision

A  fruits, leaves and seeds

B  meat

C  insects, meat, fruits, leaves and seeds

D  insects and meat

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

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

A  neoteny

B  allometric growth

C  sexual dimorphism

D  heterodonty

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  meat

B  insects and meat

C  fruits, leaves and seeds

D  insects, meat, fruits, leaves and seeds

A  lemurs.

B  gibbons.

C  apes.

D  terrestrial monkeys.

A  All of these traits characterize quadrupedal monkeys.

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

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

D  have long arched spines for flexible movement when leaping.

A  the size of the neocortex

B  the number of neurons found in the brain

C  the brain size to body size ratio

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

E  the EQ

A  orangutans

B  gorillas

C  all of these examples are members of Hominidae

D  humans

A  humans

B  lemurs

C  apes

D  monkeys

A  an educated guess

B  the same as a proven fact

C  a framework that explains confirmed hypotheses

D  a method of identifying variables

A  An hypothesis can not be wrong

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

C  Hypotheses are always correct, supported by lots of data

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

A  biological anthropology

B  cultural anthropology

C  linguistic anthropology

D  archeology