Ch. 7 -- Primate Sociality, Social Behavior, And Culture

Question 1

Habituate

Answer 1

Refers to the process of animals becoming accustomed to human observers

Question 2

Infanticide

Answer 2

The killing of a juvenile

Question 3

Kin selection

Answer 3

Altruistic behaviors that increase the donor’s inclusive fitness, that is, the fitness of the donor’s relatives

Question 4

Monogamous

Answer 4

Refers to a social group that includes an adult male, an adult female, and their offspring

Question 5

Polyandrous

Answer 5

Refers to a social group that includes one reproductively active female, several adult males, and their offspring

Question 6

Polygynous

Answer 6

Refers to a social group that includes one adult male, several adult females, and their offspring

Question 7

Sexual selection

Answer 7

The frequency of traits that change due to those traits’ attractiveness to members of the opposite sex

Question 8

Altruistic

Answer 8

Refers to a behavior that benefits others while being a disadvantage to the individual