Humans Are Different from Other Animals in Several Different Ways

question 172

Multiple Choice

Humans are different from other animals in several different ways. For example, unlike other animals, humans ____.

• A) typically help next-of-kin in emergency situations
• B) communicate about events or entities that are present in the moment
• C) are able to form groups with multiple roles
• D) prefer to take on one primary social role in their group

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Definitions:

Contingency Table

A table used in statistics to show the distribution of one variable in rows and another in columns, useful for analyzing the relationship between two categorical variables.

Test Statistic

A value, derived from sample data, that is used in a hypothesis test to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Chi-squared Statistic

A measure used in statistics to evaluate the goodness of fit between observed values and those expected theoretically.

Two Categories

Descriptive of data or entities that can be divided into two distinct groups.