A) an older individual actively helps the young to learn, for example, by manipulating their hands.
B) the activity of older animals indirectly increases the chances that the young will learn the behavior on their own.
C) young animals use older animals as behavioral models.
D) older animals teach younger animals to be social.
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A) is slower.
B) is faster because it can occur in individuals and be passed on.
C) occurs at the same rate.
D) is faster because it alters the underlying genes, which then quickly spread through the population.
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A) Yes, otherwise they would quickly disappear.
B) No, some such behaviors are adaptive, some are neutral, and some are maladaptive.
C) No, all such behaviors are neutral.
D) Anthropologists can't really address the question of adaptiveness of cultural behaviors
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A) built pyramids.
B) built snow houses that kept them warm during frigid winters.
C) made a living by raising and herding cattle.
D) constructed weirs to harvest salmon requiring the labor of hundreds of men from different villages.
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A) allows for the development of cumulative culture because individuals from every generation learn each behavioral variant on their own.
B) allows behavioral variants to be copied and changed by succeeding generations.
C) results in very complex behaviors, skills, belief systems, and bodies of knowledge for nonhuman primates.
D) occurs because individuals are in situations that allow them to experiment and solve similar problems in the same way.
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A) copy it faithfully.
B) do not copy it.
C) only copy the components that are relevant to achieving an outcome.
D) copy only a few randomly chosen components.
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A) cooperate only with their relatives.
B) cooperate with large numbers of unrelated individuals.
C) rarely cooperate.
D) cooperate only under the supervision of government institutions.
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A) social facilitation.
B) noncultural factors.
C) genetic differences.
D) the environment.
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A) perished because they were unable to figure out how to adapt to the arctic habitat.
B) succeeded in surviving the harsh arctic conditions.
C) had access to accumulated local knowledge.
D) brought with them a diverse tool kit.
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A) with social facilitation only.
B) with observational learning only.
C) only when learning is mainly genetic
D) only in humans
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A) observation and trial and error.
B) trial and error.
C) observation alone
D) genetic adaptation
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A) differences in cultural adaptations can be established between groups.
B) there is a struggle for existence.
C) there is variation in traits.
D) traits are heritable.
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A) hunting and fishing.
B) foraging for nuts and fruit.
C) farming.
D) raising cattle.
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A) punishment of free-riders.
B) prosocial sentiments.
C) enforcement of moral normal by third parties.
D) All of the above.
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