Rhesus monkeys raised in a laboratory may not have early wild exposure that will teach them to be adaptively afraid of predators, such as snakes. Galef and Laland (2005) found that the monkeys did learn this behavior when
A) they tossed rubber snakes into the cage at random times to frighten the rhesus monkey.
B) they were shown a video of a wild rhesus monkey being afraid of a snake.
C) they saw a photograph of a deceased rhesus monkey and a separate picture of the snake at the same time.
D) they were able to look at pictures of snakes attacking other wild animals.
E) researchers played sounds of snakes hissing while turning off the lights in the laboratory.

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Galef and Laland (2005) found that rhesus monkeys could learn to be afraid of snakes through social learning, such as observing the behavior of other monkeys. In this case, showing a video of a wild rhesus monkey being afraid of a snake allowed the laboratory-raised monkeys to learn this adaptive fear, demonstrating the power of observational learning in acquiring survival behaviors.

Rhesus Monkeys Raised in a Laboratory May Not Have Early