Question

When Koko the gorilla was asked to do something that she did not want to do, she would respond by using the sign for "later" to put off doing it. In those instances, Koko was demonstrating a humanlike language ability referred to as

Answer 1

The answer is displacement.

Step-by-step explanation:

Displacement refers to being able to communicate an idea that is not present in time or space (in this instance, the word or concept for "later").

As the passage implies, displacement is mostly a human language feature. However, it has been observed in bees, which perform a sort of dance that indicates the location of flowers.