Researchers Who Taught a Gorilla Named Koko to Use Sign

question 16

Multiple Choice

Researchers who taught a gorilla named Koko to use sign language found that by age 5, she had a vocabulary of about ________ words.

• A) 100
• B) 500
• C) 1,000
• D) 5,000

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Definitions:

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The systematic arrangement into categories or groups based on shared characteristics or criteria.

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