Question 9
The initial scientific reaction to Beatrice and Allen Gardiner’s claims about Washoe the chimp was to
reassess the capacity of chimps to use vocal speech.
disbelief and criticism.
develop applications of their techniques to humans with serious learning and communication deficits.
begin developing the now growing field of primate communication.
begin training researchers to extend their techniques to the study of non-primate higher mammals.
Question 10
According to Jane Goodall, in which of the following ways are chimps and humans similar?
They both use at least some type of written communication.
They both use tools to get food.
They both are guided to a large extent by instinct.
They both have a natural aversion to killing that must be overcome in order to eat meat.
Question 11
Two brown-eyed parents may produce biological offspring that are blue-eyed.
True
False
Question 12
The ____ are a tribe of black, Bantu-speaking people of southern Africa who claim to be Jews.
Masai
Ibo
Lemba
Zulu
Question 13
The chimpanzees in the Gombe Reserve that were studied by Jane Goodall were
initially very reluctant to let her come within sight of them.
friendly and affectionate with her from the beginning of her observations of them.
extremely violent toward outsiders, whether they were people or “outside” chimps.
among those chimps known to be most closely related to baboons.
Question 14
A genotype reflects both genetic and environmental influence.
True
False
Question 15
The example of Eugene Sandow, the “Mighty Monarch of Muscle,” was used by the author of your text to illustrate the
principle of racial variation in physical genetic endowment.
concept of biological determinism.
idea that the environment fully determines most physical characteristics such as strength.
interplay of biology and culture.
Question 16
Jane Goodall’s chimps chased, killed, and ate their own meat.
True
False
