(QUIZ 9)

Question 1

In societies with female social hierarchies, offspring inhertit their mothers’ social rank. If offspring migrate at adulthood, they have to re-establish social rank. If the male remains in the natal group at adulthood but needs to enter a strongly hierarchical male society, he will have to re-establish social rank. If the female remains in her natal group at adulthood, she will not change social rank and, normally, she cannot change her rank.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The cercopithecoid “red, white, and blue” display is applicable to female vervets.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

There are numerous challenges for low-ranking moms in large multimale-multifemale societies. If the group has strong social hierarchies among females, a low-ranking female may become pregnant so late in the breeding season that her baby will be born in a period of low food abundance.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Unusual patterns of fruit availability on the island of Borneo, may explain the unusual social structure and lack of adult socialization in Bornean orangutans.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Some male orangutans can avoid attracting attention from other males by failing to display maleness.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Both pygmy marmosets and gibbons are extremely territorial and this is related to their common social structure.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Promisicuous is not a useful term and should be replaced by the phrase “multiple mating partners.”

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Gibbon dueting may be correlated to a social structure based on territoriality.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

For primate species with strong social hierarchies, building political alliances can be extremely important.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Lowland gorilla social structure and mountain gorilla social structure are identical.

Answer 10

Fasle

Question 11

Match definition with social structure category.

Society based on non-socialization between adults; females have small individual territories; male territory overlaps with female territories.

Answer 11

Noyau

Question 12

Match definition with social structure category.

Society with multiple individuals in a fairly even sex ratio of males and females and their offspring but only one reproductively active female.

Answer 12

Communal Breeding

Question 13

Match definition with social structure category.

Society comprised of one adult male and one adult female and their offspring.

Answer 13

pair bonded family

Question 14

Match definition with social structure category.

Society with multiple individuals in a fairly even sex ratio of males and females and their offspring.

Answer 14

Multimale multifemale

Question 15

Match definition with social structure category.

Society with multiple individuals in a fairly even sex ratio of males and females and their offspring but fluid and unpredictable socialization.

Answer 15

Fission Fussion

Question 16

Match definition with social structure category.

Society comprised of one adult male and two or more females and their offspring.

Answer 16

Unimale Multifemale

Question 17

Harem is the best term for a social group comprised of a single adult male, several adult females and their offspring.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

One of the primary challenges for unimale-multifemale groups is the constant threat of group take-over attempts by bachelor males.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Orangutan children take an incredibly long time to develop – they have the longest period of maternal dependence of all nonhuman primates.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Nocturnal and solitary strepsirhines and the members of one hominoid genus express the noyau social structure.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Callitrichine social structure appears to reduce some of the energetic costs of female reproduction.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

The social structure of spider monkeys appears to reduce direct feeding competition for fruit.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Sympatric African apes have adopted the same social system and it appears to accomodate similar dietary preferences in these large-bodied hominoids.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

In unimale-multifemale groups, the adult male is always intolerant of his young adult male sons.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Monogamy is the best desciptive term for groups comprised of a male, female, and offspring.

Answer 25

False