Question 1
2 / 2 pts
The social brain hypothesis argues that primates have large brains to allow them to deal with
complex social relationships that result from group­living.
True
False
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
Humans are the only monogamous primate.
True
False
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
Primate species that live in larger groups also have a larger neocortex.
True
False
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
When selecting a mate, females will choose youth and fertility, i.e., high reproductive potential in
their mate.
True
False
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
When selecting a mate, males will choose a mate with wealth and resources.
True
False
Question 6
2 / 2 pts
One reason primates live in groups is because they eat meat.
True
False
Question 7
2 / 2 pts
Kin selection refers to the selection of mates.
True
False
Question 8
2 / 2 pts
Aggression avoidance and reconciliation are important components of primate and human social
systems.
True
False
IncorrectQuestion 9
0 / 2 pts
The promiscuity model suggests that female sexual characteristics such as enlarged breasts,
sensitized skin, loss of estrus, continual receptivity, and female orgasm are a defense against male
promiscuity.
True
False
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
Cooperation and altruism are more prevalent than aggression in primates.
True
False
Question 11
2 / 2 pts
Language is a systematic way to communicate using symbols.
True
False
Question 12
2 / 2 pts
The visual and tactile focus of primates makes things like facial expressions and coloration important
methods of communication.
True
False
IncorrectQuestion 13
0 / 2 pts
Primates may have different alarm calls, but these are used interchangeably and are not specific to
certain types of predators.
True
False
Question 14
2 / 2 pts
Human language may have evolved from primate gestural behavior.
True
False
Question 15
2 / 2 pts
Various anatomical modifications were required to allow for effective vocal communication through
language in humans.
True
False
Question 16
2 / 2 pts
Capuchin monkeys use tools such as a hammer and anvil to crack open nuts.
True
False
Question 17
2 / 2 pts
Mimicry may be a primitive but highly useful characteristic primates use to synchronize themselves
with other group members.
True
False
Question 18
2 / 2 pts
Humans and great apes are the only primates to have advanced cognitive abilities.
True
False
Question 19
2 / 2 pts
Intelligence and cognition are the same thing.
True
False
Question 20
2 / 2 pts
The reproductive potential of female primates is low because they often choose not to have
offspring.
True
False
Question 21
2 / 2 pts
Female mate choice sometimes results in exaggerated physical characteristics in males.
True
False
Question 22
2 / 2 pts
The pair­bond model suggests that humans evolved away from a pair­bonded ancestor toward a
more promiscuous mating pattern.
True
False
Question 23
2 / 2 pts
Primates can vocalize, but all sounds that primates make are generic with no particular meaning.
True
False
Question 24
2 / 2 pts
The same parts of the brain responsible for language are also responsible for gesture, suggesting
that gesture may have been the precursor to spoken language.
True
False
IncorrectQuestion 25
0 / 3 pts
At birth, the human brain is:
as big as it's going to get
half the size of an adult's
still developing at the rate it did in utero
two­thirds the size of an adult's
Question 26
3 / 3 pts
Which cognitive ability is unique to humans?
Deception
Self­awareness
Tool­use
All of the above
None of the above
Question 27
3 / 3 pts
Human life history is similar to other primates in which of the following ways?
generally have one offspring at a time
larger brains which require longer development periods
long post­reproductive period
very long lifespan
both A and B
Question 28
3 / 3 pts
Chimpanzees and humans have similar methods of communication, such as:
Spoken language
Facial expressions
Grammar
Olfactory communication (sense of smell)
All of the above
IncorrectQuestion 29
0 / 3 pts
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
Humans are the only primate to have gestural language
Grooming is an important method of tactile communication in primates
Human communication has no similarity to non­human primate methods of communication
Both A and B
All of the above
Question 30
3 / 3 pts
Males have higher reproductive potential than females because
Females are the sex that gestates the fetus from conception to birth
Females are the sex that suckles the offspring
Males can mate multiple females each breeding season
All of the above
Question 31
3 / 3 pts
Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Most human societies are monogamous
B. Most human societies are polygynous
C. Most men have multiple wives
D. Most men have one wife
E. Both B and C
F. Both B and D
Question 32
3 / 3 pts
Humans evolved:
From chimpanzees
From apes that were similar to modern day chimpanzees
To be polyandrous primates
Both A and C
Question 33
3 / 3 pts
Human culture is distinguished from behavioral traditions in other animals by:
having multiple variants, uniformity across communities, tools, active teaching, and no imitation
having tools and tool­making behaviors
having multiple variants, variation across communities, cumulative change through time, active
teaching, and imitative learning
None of the above
Question 34
3 / 3 pts
Which of the following are possible explanations for why primates live in groups?
Increased access to mates
Protection from predators
Assistance raising offspring
All of the above
Question 35
3 / 3 pts
Kin selection:
Is a strategy that favors the reproductive success of an individual’s relatives
Refers to an individual’s the choice of a mate
Is not important in primate social groups
Both B and C