Vocabulary

Question 1

Combative

Answer 1

Agnostic

Question 2

The most dominant adult male in a rhesus group

Answer 2

Alpha male

Question 3

Voluntary surrender of space or possessions, ignored by the receiver

Answer 3

Avoidance

Question 4

Vigorous up and down movement of the entire body as a specific display

Answer 4

Bounce

Question 5

Locomotion by arm-swinging

Answer 5

Brachiation

Question 6

A violent display in which the actor calls attention to himself by vigorously shaking a tree limb or cage wall

Answer 6

Branchshake

Question 7

The time of year when subject animals are sexually active

Answer 7

Breeding season

Question 8

An extension of the oral cavity produced by the herniation of the buccinator muscles

Answer 8

Cheek pouches

Question 9

Alliance of several animals for joint action

Answer 9

Coalition

Question 10

Members of the same species

Answer 10

Conspecifics

Question 11

An animal that performs the set of roles associated with alpha status in macaques

Answer 11

Control animal

Question 12

A defensive or subordinate quadrupedal posture with body and legs partly flexed

Answer 12

Crouch

Question 13

Stereotyped series of motor actions and body alterations that has emotional and communicative functions

Answer 13

Display

Question 14

The ability to intimidate others

Answer 14

Dominance

Question 15

Adjustment of a species to a particular environment

Answer 15

Adaptation

Question 16

An attempt by an animal to acquire the support of a second animal against a third

Answer 16

Enlist

Question 17

Anatomical, behavioral, and endocrine changes associated with cyclic changes in reproductive status

Answer 17

Estrous cycle

Question 18

The study of animal behavior

Answer 18

Ethology

Question 19

The subject animal on which the observer concentrates his attention

Answer 19

Focal Animal

Question 20

Up and down movement of the head and shoulders

Answer 20

Forebob

Question 21

Period of prenatal development between conception and birth

Answer 21

Gestation

Question 22

Up and down movement of the head

Answer 22

Headbob

Question 23

Area utilized by a troop

Answer 23

Home range

Question 24

Thick, callous pads overlying the ischial tuberosities (buttocks) in some anthropoids

Answer 24

Ischial callosities

Question 25

Rapid opening and closing of the mouth

Answer 25

Lipsmack

Question 26

North, Central, and South America

Answer 26

New World

Question 27

A proposal of no difference or no effect

Answer 27

Null hypothesis

Question 28

A female who has never given birth

Answer 28

Nulliparous

Question 29

Europe, Africa, and Asia

Answer 29

Old World

Question 30

Japanese term equivalent to troop. A stable, organized group of primates

Answer 30

Oikia

Question 31

Development and growth of an individual

Answer 31

Ontogeny

Question 32

Playing alongside, but not with, another animal

Answer 32

Parallel play

Question 33

On the margins or outlying areas of the troop

Answer 33

Peripheral

Question 34

Chemical substance produced by an animal, which acts as a signal in communication

Answer 34

Pheromone

Question 35

To offer part of one's body to another animal

Answer 35

Present

Question 36

A female who has had only one infant

Answer 36

Primiparous

Question 37

Rank order position in a status hierarchy

Answer 37

Rank

Question 38

The performance of an interrelated, predictable set of behaviors that appear to have functional organization

Answer 38

Role

Question 39

Deposition of odoriferous substances on an object or animal

Answer 39

Scent-marking

Question 40

The differences between male and female of a particular species

Answer 40

Sexual dimorphism

Question 41

Skin patch found in some primates (usually female) which exhibits color or physical changes that reflect reproductive status

Answer 41

Sexual skin

Question 42

Brothers and sisters

Answer 42

Sib Clusters

Question 43

The stable organization of dominance relationships or habitual patterns of conflict resolution among members of a group

Answer 43

Status hierarchy

Question 44

Consistent in form

Answer 44

Stereotyped

Question 45

Persistent repetition of senseless acts or movements

Answer 45

Stereotypy

Question 46

The loser of a social conflict

Answer 46

Subordinate

Question 47

Forceful taking of another animal's possessions or space

Answer 47

Supplantation

Question 48

Relating to the sense of touch

Answer 48

Tactile

Question 49

Living on the ground

Answer 49

Terrestrial

Question 50

An area (usually within a home range) to which a troop has exclusive claims, often established by defending it against intruders

Answer 50

Territory

Question 51

A stable group that represents the largest tightly organized unit of a primate society

Answer 51

Troop

Question 52

Swelling

Answer 52

Tumescence

Question 53

A mother and her offspring

Answer 53

Uterine group