Why do today's primatologists question the findings of earlier primatologists regarding male dominance hierarchies among nonhuman primates?
What will be an ideal response?
They fear the gender of the researcher may have affected the results. Much of these findings came from male researchers; now that females are researching also, there are increasingly varied patterns of behavioral data emerging.
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Religion provides people with reassurance in the face of crisis. It explains hardship and alleviates suffering. This reasoning is part of ____ theories of religion
a. sociological b. political c. intellectual/cognitive d. psychological
The term for a marriage in which one woman has multiple husbands is
a. gyndogamy. b. polyandry. c. polygyny. d. group marriage.
Researchers have shown a link between the hormone __________ and aggression in animal experiments
A) androgen B) estrogen C) oxytocin D) vasopressin
Monkey, hyena, spider, and coyote (and sometimes bunny) are:
a. Agricultural pests. b. Animals frequently identified with passage to an afterlife. c. Animals frequently present as "sidekicks" of powerful gods. d. Animals that are often identified symbolically with fertility. e. Animals that are frequently identified with trickster gods.