Research on the Language Capabilities of Apes Clearly Demonstrates That

question 124

Multiple Choice

Research on the language capabilities of apes clearly demonstrates that they have the capacity to

• A) vocalize the most common vowel sounds.
• B) acquire language vocabulary as rapidly as most children.
• C) communicate through the use of symbols.
• D) do all of these things.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviations

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a central or typical value for a set of data, commonly represented by the mean, median, or mode.

Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers, effectively dividing the dataset into two halves.

Regression Toward

A statistical phenomenon that describes how extreme scores on a variable tend to be closer to the average on subsequent measurements.