Question 1

Which is the best statement of the principle of natural selection?

Accepted Answer

A) A species constantly improves as parents pass along their best traits to their offspring. 
B) Over time,the environment naturally selects some traits over others. 
C) Over time,genetic variations become more common if they are adaptive in a particular environment. 
D) If a trait or characteristic is no longer adaptive,then the environment will select better,more adaptive traits. 
A) A species constantly improves as parents pass along their best traits to their offspring. 
B) Over time,the environment naturally selects some traits over others. 
C) Over time,genetic variations become more common if they are adaptive in a particular environment. 
D) If a trait or characteristic is no longer adaptive,then the environment will select better,more adaptive traits.

Question 2

An intelligence quotient is a measure of intelligence originally computed by dividing a person's mental age by his or her chronological age and multiplying the result by 100.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

_______________ is an interdisciplinary field that emphasizes evolutionary explanations of social behavior in animals,including human beings.

Accepted Answer

A) Evolutionary psychology 
B) Sociobiology 
C) Behavioral genetics 
D) Eugenics 
A) Evolutionary psychology 
B) Sociobiology 
C) Behavioral genetics 
D) Eugenics

Question 4

For many years,psychologists addressing questions about human differences tended to fall into two camps.Those who emphasized the role of genes in human diversity were called:

Accepted Answer

A) empiricists. 
B) behaviorists. 
C) nativists. 
D) psychoanalysts. 
A) empiricists. 
B) behaviorists. 
C) nativists. 
D) psychoanalysts.

Question 5

Which of the following would NOT support the views of sociobiologists?

Accepted Answer

A) Males are more likely than females to be promiscuous. 
B) Males are more likely than females to engage in frequent sex. 
C) Sexual practices of males are highly varied around the world. 
D) Males are more likely than females to be undiscriminating in their choice of sexual partners. 
A) Males are more likely than females to be promiscuous. 
B) Males are more likely than females to engage in frequent sex. 
C) Sexual practices of males are highly varied around the world. 
D) Males are more likely than females to be undiscriminating in their choice of sexual partners.

Question 6

Evolutionary psychologists expect all of the following characteristics to be more typical of males than females EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) promiscuity. 
B) choosiness about sexual partners. 
C) concern with dominance. 
D) emphasis on physical attractiveness. 
A) promiscuity. 
B) choosiness about sexual partners. 
C) concern with dominance. 
D) emphasis on physical attractiveness.

Question 7

_______________ develop when a fertilized egg divides into two parts that develop into separate embryos.

Accepted Answer

A) Monozygotic twins 
B) Fraternal twins 
C) Dizygotic twins 
D) Wombmates 
A) Monozygotic twins 
B) Fraternal twins 
C) Dizygotic twins 
D) Wombmates

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A) A single surface structure can be associated with more than one deep structure. 
B) A single deep structure can be represented by more than one surface structure. 
C) A single surface structure corresponds to one,and only one,deep structure. 
D) The rules of grammar are used to transform surface structure to deep structure. 
A) A single surface structure can be associated with more than one deep structure. 
B) A single deep structure can be represented by more than one surface structure. 
C) A single surface structure corresponds to one,and only one,deep structure. 
D) The rules of grammar are used to transform surface structure to deep structure.

Question 9

After a particular gene is located,it is relatively easy for researchers to identify its function.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Sociobiology is an interdisciplinary field that emphasizes evolutionary explanations of social behavior in animals,including human beings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Environmental factors that hinder intelligence include all the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) poor prenatal care. 
B) malnutrition during childhood. 
C) exposure to lead. 
D) intergenerational households. 
A) poor prenatal care. 
B) malnutrition during childhood. 
C) exposure to lead. 
D) intergenerational households.

Question 12

Researchers have completed a rough map of the human genome including information about what each gene does and where it is located.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Our prehistoric ancestors lived in small bands in which there were not a large number of sexual partners from whom to choose.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

_______________,the basic units of heredity,are located on_______________,rod-shaped structures found in the nucleus of every cell of the body.

Accepted Answer

A) Genomes; genes 
B) Chromosomes; genomes 
C) Genes; chromosomes 
D) Chromosomes; genes 
A) Genomes; genes 
B) Chromosomes; genomes 
C) Genes; chromosomes 
D) Chromosomes; genes

Question 15

In a massive cross-cultural study of 10,000 people in 37 cultures across the world,human sexual attitudes and behaviors did not correspond to the predictions of sociobiologists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The central distinction between human language and other communication systems is that language:

Accepted Answer

A) is spoken. 
B) allows for the generation of an infinite number of new utterances. 
C) is learned through explicit training by parents. 
D) expresses meaning directly through its surface structure. 
A) is spoken. 
B) allows for the generation of an infinite number of new utterances. 
C) is learned through explicit training by parents. 
D) expresses meaning directly through its surface structure.

Question 17

Which of the following would an evolutionary psychologist expect to be more typical of females than of males?

Accepted Answer

A) promiscuity 
B) choosiness about sexual partners 
C) concern with dominance 
D) emphasis on physical attractiveness of partners 
A) promiscuity 
B) choosiness about sexual partners 
C) concern with dominance 
D) emphasis on physical attractiveness of partners

Question 18

Research in the United States indicates that the concentration of lead in black children's blood is 10 percent to 15 percent higher than in white children's blood.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Poor prenatal care is one of the environmental factors that hinders intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

An aspect of language that is unique to humans is:

Accepted Answer

A) the ability to communicate using sounds. 
B) the ability to communicate using gestures. 
C) the ability to create unlimited,unique sentences. 
D) the ability to understand the meaning of sounds produced by others. 
A) the ability to communicate using sounds. 
B) the ability to communicate using gestures. 
C) the ability to create unlimited,unique sentences. 
D) the ability to understand the meaning of sounds produced by others.

Exam 3: Exstintion: Genes,evolution,and Environment

Which is the best statement of the principle of natural selection?

An intelligence quotient is a measure of intelligence originally computed by dividing a person's mental age by his or her chronological age and multiplying the result by 100.

_______________ is an interdisciplinary field that emphasizes evolutionary explanations of social behavior in animals,including human beings.

For many years,psychologists addressing questions about human differences tended to fall into two camps.Those who emphasized the role of genes in human diversity were called:

Which of the following would NOT support the views of sociobiologists?

Evolutionary psychologists expect all of the following characteristics to be more typical of males than females EXCEPT:

_______________ develop when a fertilized egg divides into two parts that develop into separate embryos.

Which of the following is NOT true?

After a particular gene is located,it is relatively easy for researchers to identify its function.

Sociobiology is an interdisciplinary field that emphasizes evolutionary explanations of social behavior in animals,including human beings.

Environmental factors that hinder intelligence include all the following EXCEPT:

Researchers have completed a rough map of the human genome including information about what each gene does and where it is located.

Our prehistoric ancestors lived in small bands in which there were not a large number of sexual partners from whom to choose.

_______________,the basic units of heredity,are located on_______________,rod-shaped structures found in the nucleus of every cell of the body.

In a massive cross-cultural study of 10,000 people in 37 cultures across the world,human sexual attitudes and behaviors did not correspond to the predictions of sociobiologists.

The central distinction between human language and other communication systems is that language:

Which of the following would an evolutionary psychologist expect to be more typical of females than of males?

Research in the United States indicates that the concentration of lead in black children's blood is 10 percent to 15 percent higher than in white children's blood.

Poor prenatal care is one of the environmental factors that hinders intelligence.

An aspect of language that is unique to humans is:

What Is Psychology

Exstintion: What Is Psychology

How Psychologists Do Research

Exstintion: How Psychologists Do Research

Genes,evolution,and Environment

The Brain: Source of Mind and the Self

Exstintion: The Brain: Source of Mind and Self

Body Rhythms and Mental States

Exstintion: Body Rhythms and Mental States

Sensation and Perception

Exstintion: Sensation and Perception

Learning and Conditioning

Exstintion: Learning and Conditioning

Behavior in Social and Cultural Context

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Thinking and Intelligence

Memory

Emotion,stress and Health

Motivation

Development Over the Life Span

Theories of Personality

Psychological Disorders

Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

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