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joealam1
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In 1960's studies of rats, scientists found that crowding increases the number of attacks
among the animals significantly. But in recent experiments in which rhesus monkeys were placed in crowded conditions, it was not such attacks that increased significantly, but rather instances of "coping" behavior, such as submissive gestures,avoidance of dominant individuals, and huddling with relatives. Therefore the evidence from rhesus monkeys makes it doubtful that crowding significantly increases aggressive impulses in primates.
Which of the following, if true, most weakens the argument?
A. The Rhesus monkey is the species of monkey that is most prone to fighting.
B. Coping behavior was adopted by crowded monkeys to forestall acts of aggression among them.
C. All the observed forms of coping behavior can be found among rhesus monkeys
living in uncrowded conditions.
D. Some individual monkeys in the experiment were involved in significantly more
attacks than the other monkeys were.
E. Some of the Rhesus monkeys in the experiments were subjected to levels of crowding that are unlikely to occur in natural circumstances.
[spoiler]OA:B[/spoiler]
[spoiler]I've chosen C), i've considered that if coping behavior can be found among rhesus monkeys even in uncrowded condition than the fact that coping behavior was founded in crowded conditions is not representative to base the conclusion that crowded conditions don't significantly increase aggressive impulses.[/spoiler][/spoiler]
among the animals significantly. But in recent experiments in which rhesus monkeys were placed in crowded conditions, it was not such attacks that increased significantly, but rather instances of "coping" behavior, such as submissive gestures,avoidance of dominant individuals, and huddling with relatives. Therefore the evidence from rhesus monkeys makes it doubtful that crowding significantly increases aggressive impulses in primates.
Which of the following, if true, most weakens the argument?
A. The Rhesus monkey is the species of monkey that is most prone to fighting.
B. Coping behavior was adopted by crowded monkeys to forestall acts of aggression among them.
C. All the observed forms of coping behavior can be found among rhesus monkeys
living in uncrowded conditions.
D. Some individual monkeys in the experiment were involved in significantly more
attacks than the other monkeys were.
E. Some of the Rhesus monkeys in the experiments were subjected to levels of crowding that are unlikely to occur in natural circumstances.
[spoiler]OA:B[/spoiler]
[spoiler]I've chosen C), i've considered that if coping behavior can be found among rhesus monkeys even in uncrowded condition than the fact that coping behavior was founded in crowded conditions is not representative to base the conclusion that crowded conditions don't significantly increase aggressive impulses.[/spoiler][/spoiler]
