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Chapter 15 Quiz
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Question 1
Which of the following is not an essential feature of natural selection?
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Question 2
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Darwin's Theory and Evolutionary Psychology - p. 379
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A natural variability exists within a species and these individual
differences are the building blocks of the evolutionary process.
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Only some individual differences are passed down from parent to
offspring.
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The interaction between the attributes of an organism and the
demands of the environment allows natural selection to operate.
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Variations caused by genetic mutations are usually advantageous to
members of a species and will be passed down to offspring.
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How did Darwin describe fitness?
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Question 3
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Question 4
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Darwin's Theory and Evolutionary Psychology - p. 381
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In terms of strength of the organism
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In terms of number of offspring produced
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In terms of heritable adaptations
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In terms of evolutionary progress
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John's baby son came running to him crying after he was scared by a loud crashing sounds
on the television. Which of Bolles' concepts on reinforcement best fits this behavior?
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Major Theoretical Concepts: Bolles on Reinforcement - p. 382
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Expectancies
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The niche argument
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Innate predispositions
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Motivation restricts response flexibility
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What did Bolles believe limited the associations that an organism can learn?
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The Biological Boundaries of Learning - p. 385
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Innate predispositions
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Instrumental conditioning
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Expectencies
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Spandrels
Question 5
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Question 6
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Which of the following is not a mismatch of a task requirement and a naturally biased
response?
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A raccoon putting coins in a metal box
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A finch pecking a key to hear a recorded finch birdsong
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A rat pressing a bar to avoid an electric shock
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A pigeon pecking an illuminated key to receive food
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According to Bolles, what was the explanation for autoshaping?
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Question 7
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Superstitious behavior
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Innate response
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Classical conditioning
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Instinctive behavior
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In a study, both quail and rats drank green, sugary water that was treated to make them ill.
Later they were both offered a choice of either untreated green or untreated sugary water. It
was known that rats rely more on taste and quail rely more on sight. What is the probable
outcome of the study?
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Question 8
The Biological Boundaries of Learning - p. 392
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Both the quail and rats will avoid both types of water.
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Both the quail and rats will drink both types of water.
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The rats will avoid the green water.
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The quail will avoid the green water.
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What type of research do ethologists focus on?
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Question 9
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The Biological Boundaries of Learning - p. 393
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Laboratory learning in wild species
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Laboratory learning in domesticated species
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Natural behavior of wild species
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Natural behavior of domesticated species
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Participants in an experiment were asked to find a picture of a snake embedded in an array
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of neutral stimuli. The same participants were asked to find a picture of a flower embedded
in an array of snake pictures. What were the results of the experiment?
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Question 10
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Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior - p. 397
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It took them slightly longer to find the snake in the picture than the
flower.
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It took them significantly longer to find the flower in the picture than
the snake.
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It took them significantly longer to find the snake than to find the
flower.
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They found the flower and the snake at the same rate.
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Buss and his colleagues found that there are some characteristics that are valued in a mate
regardless of ethnicity and culture. For example, both men and women most value
________.
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Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior - p. 400
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good looks
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youth
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good earning potential
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kindness
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