Research on the communication skills of nonhuman primates reveals their inability to refer to objects that are not immediately present in their environment,such as food and danger.The ability to describe things and events that are not present is called
A) cultural transmission.
B) displacement.
C) linguistic imagination.
D) phonology.
E) productivity.

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The ability to describe things and events that are not present is called displacement. Option A, cultural transmission, refers to the passing down of learned cultural behaviors from one generation to the next. Option C, linguistic imagination, is not a commonly used term in psychology or linguistics. Option D, phonology, refers to the study of the sound system of a language. Option E, productivity, refers to the ability of a language to create new words and phrases.

Research on the Communication Skills of Nonhuman Primates Reveals Their