Animal Communication Quiz – Animal Behavior Study Guide and Practice
Questions
Slobodchiko et al. (2009) have found that prairie dogs make different calls to different
predators. This is best described as: - ANS ✔✔referential communication
Slobodchiko et al. (2009) state that the prairie dogs show _____________, because those who
HEAR certain alarm calls and interpret those calls as meaningful (leading to specific behaviors,
such as diving into burrows when a human is present). - ANS ✔✔perceptual specificity
When the researchers sent assistants into the prairie dog community, the prairie dogs emitted
cries which differed in _________ when they encountered blue from yellow, and blue from
green, shirts. - ANS ✔✔time & frequency
Nim Chimpsky produced a lot of two-word combination signs. Which of the following was the
most frequent TYPE of two-word sign production? - ANS ✔✔give + X
When Nim's language development was compared to two hearing children (learning English)
and two deaf children (learning ASL), the chimp did not show the same progression in his
_______________, according to figures and charts in the Terrace et al. article (1979). - ANS
✔✔mean length utterance
Kanzi and Panbanisha were taught language using _______ in the primate lab of Duane
Rumbaugh and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh. - ANS ✔✔keyboard with symbols
Some researchers think that ____________--the ability to recognize that other individuals have
beliefs and desires--is a necessary component of language learning. - ANS ✔✔theory of mind
What species are Kanzi and Panbanisha? - ANS ✔✔bonobo chimps
Questions
Slobodchiko et al. (2009) have found that prairie dogs make different calls to different
predators. This is best described as: - ANS ✔✔referential communication
Slobodchiko et al. (2009) state that the prairie dogs show _____________, because those who
HEAR certain alarm calls and interpret those calls as meaningful (leading to specific behaviors,
such as diving into burrows when a human is present). - ANS ✔✔perceptual specificity
When the researchers sent assistants into the prairie dog community, the prairie dogs emitted
cries which differed in _________ when they encountered blue from yellow, and blue from
green, shirts. - ANS ✔✔time & frequency
Nim Chimpsky produced a lot of two-word combination signs. Which of the following was the
most frequent TYPE of two-word sign production? - ANS ✔✔give + X
When Nim's language development was compared to two hearing children (learning English)
and two deaf children (learning ASL), the chimp did not show the same progression in his
_______________, according to figures and charts in the Terrace et al. article (1979). - ANS
✔✔mean length utterance
Kanzi and Panbanisha were taught language using _______ in the primate lab of Duane
Rumbaugh and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh. - ANS ✔✔keyboard with symbols
Some researchers think that ____________--the ability to recognize that other individuals have
beliefs and desires--is a necessary component of language learning. - ANS ✔✔theory of mind
What species are Kanzi and Panbanisha? - ANS ✔✔bonobo chimps
