Early Psychologists, Attempting to Measure Animal Intelligence, Found

question 64

Multiple Choice

Early psychologists, attempting to measure animal intelligence, found

• A) evidence for intelligence only in primates.
• B) evidence for intelligence in vertebrates, but not in invertebrates.
• C) intelligence was directly related to brain size.
• D) animals that seemed very intelligent on some tasks seemed very unintelligent on others.

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Definitions:

Reaction Norms

Describes the range of behaviors, phenotypes, or physiological responses of an organism under different environmental conditions.

Environmental Conditions

The various physical and biological factors that affect the life and development of organisms.

Genetically Similar Organisms

Organisms that share a high degree of genetic similarity, often due to close evolutionary relationships or recent common ancestry.

Linkage Equilibrium

Linkage equilibrium exists for any two loci if the occurrence of an allele at one of the loci is independent of the presence or absence of an allele at the other locus.