Most potential social conflict among baboons is effectively resolved by
A. struggle
B. fighting
C. social structure and display
D. piloerection
The component in a beharioral research project that filters out irrelevant events is the
A. observer
B. focal animal
C. statistical test
D. parallel test
E. instrument
The degree of replicablity of behavioral records is determined by
A. duration
B. confounding effect
C. bout
D. frequency
E. a parallel observation
The hypothesis that is a set of observations represents chance consequences of commonplace variation is
A. an exploratory data analysis
B. a null hypothesis
C. a statistical inference
D. a sampling procedure
E. a confirmatory data analysis
Through observation it has been found that female primates do not play.
True
False
When a male primate yawns this is a form of display.
True
False
When baboons "present" they are in a quadrupedal stance that positions the anogenital region within the tactile range of another animal that is in close proximity.
True
False
You found in the lab that play among baboons is relatively infrequent among
A. juveniles
B. adults
C. males
D. infants
E. females
__ records the amount of time an animal is engaged in certain behaviors.
A. An ethogram
B. stereotypes
C. The null record
D. A time budget
__ refers to the probability that the predictions are fulfilled by chance.
A. instrument
B. null statement
C. ethogram
D. significance
E. model