What Species Is the Fossil "Lucy" Considered to Be

question 36

Multiple Choice

What species is the fossil "Lucy" considered to be:

• A) Australopithecus afarensis
• B) Australopithecus anamensis
• C) Australopithecus aethiopicus
• D) Australopithecus robustus

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Definitions:

Brain Region

Specific areas within the brain responsible for particular functions or processes.

Ecological Validity

A property of research such that the focus of study is something that occurs naturally outside an experimental laboratory.

Naturalistic Observation

A research paradigm in which an observer observes participants in familiar everyday contexts while ideally remaining as unobtrusive as possible.

Experiment

A test of a scientific theory in which the researcher manipulates the independent variable.