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Question 1 2 out of 2 points Hart and Risley did a longitudinal study of the influence of the home verbal environment on children from different socioeconomic backgrounds They found that Answer Selected Answer children whose parents talked to them a lot later scored higher on IQ tests Question 2 2 out of 2 points In the fox breeding experiment researchers selectively mated foxes that displayed behavior Answer Selected Answer doglike Question 3 0 out of 2 points A thumbtack stuck in a bulletin board several feet away is less likely to affect your behavior than a thumbtack placed on the chair on which you are sitting Even though both examples involve a thumbtack the second is more likely to qualify as a Answer Selected Answer continge ncy Question 4 2 out of 2 points The chief advantage of learning over natural selection as a means of adapting to change is that learning Answer Selected Answer is faster Question 5 2 out of 2 points A reflex is Answer Selected Answer a relationship between an event and a simple response Question 6 2 out of 2 points The tendency of some animals to hoard food is probably an example of Answer Selected Answer a general behavior trait Question 7 2 out of 2 points Most mutations Answer Selected Answer are not helpful to survival Question 8 2 out of 2 points Natural selection is often Answer Selected Answer behind the times Question 9 0 out of 2 points The phenomenon that is nearly the opposite of habituation is Answer Selected Answer inhabituat ion Question 10 0 out of 2 points The rooting of pigs for worms larvae and truffles is an example of a Answer Selected Answer refle x Question 11 2 out of 2 points Variation and natural selection are the foundations of Answer Selected Answer evoluti on Question 12 2 out of 2 points The person who demonstrated that the marching of tropical army ants is not intelligent behavior is Answer Selected Answer Schneir la Question 13 2 out of 2 points Lee Cronk wrote an article on how evolved behavior can prove nonadaptive when the environment changes The article was called Answer Selected Answer Old Dogs Old Tricks Question 14 2 out of 2 points Steven says that he was very nervous when he first attended college classes but now he feels quite relaxed Steven s loss of anxiety is most likely an example of Answer Selected Answer learni ng Question 15 2 out of 2 points An is something an organism tries to escape or avoid Answer Selected Answer aversi ve Question 16 2 out of 2 points Behavior is anything an animal or person does that can be Answer Selected Answer measur ed Question 17 2 out of 2 points The role of natural selection in the beaks of finches was the subject of research by Answer Selected Answer Peter and Rosemary Grant Question 18 0 out of 2 points refers to modal action patterns as complex reflexes Answer Selected Answer Charles Darwin Question 19 2 out of 2 points The figure below most likely illustrates Answer Selected Answer habituati on Question 20 0 out of 2 points One person who raised doubts about the incest taboo is Answer Selected Answer Wilso n Question 21 2 out of 2 points Experience refers to Answer Selected Answer events that affect behavior Question 22 2 out of 2 points The quotation Change is the only constant is attributed to Answer Selected Answer Lucreti us Question 23 0 out of 2 points The experiments of Harlow and Harlow demonstrated that how monkeys are reared Answer Selected Answer has little effect on their behavior later in life Question 24 2 out of 2 points There is evidence that the rate of in fetuses is correlated with intellectual development after birth Answer Selected Answer habituati on Question 25 0 out of 2 points Chapter 1 includes a box called The Face of Change One point the essay makes is that Answer Selected Answer learning means changing Question 1 2 out of 2 points The quotation Change is the only constant is attributed to Answer Selected Answer Lucreti us Question 2 0 out of 2 points Learning is Answer Selected Answer a cognitive change that may be reflected in changes in behavior Question 3 2 out of 2 points The list of alleged human fixed action patterns Answer Selected Answer has gotten shorter in recent years Question 4 2 out of 2 points Your text defines behavior as anything an organism does that can be Answer Selected Answer measur ed Question 5 2 out of 2 points Natural selection is illustrated by changes in the coloration of the Peppered Moth resulting from Answer Selected Answer industrial pollution Question 6 2 out of 2 points According to David Buss the work of Gregor Mendel Answer Selected Answer had little or no influence on Darwin s thinking Question 7 2 out of 2 points The rooting of pigs for worms larvae and truffles is an example of a Answer Selected Answer MAP Question 8 2 out of 2 points In the fox breeding experiment researchers selectively mated foxes that displayed behavior Answer Selected Answer doglike Question 9 2 out of 2 points Experience refers to Answer Selected Answer events that affect behavior Question 10 2 out of 2 points Darwin s theory of evolution has been around for about Answer Selected Answer 150 years Question 11 2 out of 2 points The phenomenon that is nearly the opposite of habituation is Answer Selected Answer sensitizat ion Question 12 2 out of 2 points The chief advantage of learning over natural selection as a means of adapting to change is that learning Answer Selected Answer is faster Question 13 0 out of 2 points In her study of baboons Shirley Strum found that the most successful males were Answer Selected Answer bigger than other males Question 14 0 out of 2 points The gollypod a fictitious aquatic animal breaks out in a cold sweat whenever exposed to the sun This reaction is most likely Answer Selected Answer a fixed action pattern Question 15 2 out of 2 points The best title for the figure below is Answer Selected Answer fearfulness and heredity Question 16 2 out of 2 points Variation and natural selection are the foundations of Answer Selected Answer evoluti on Question 17 2 out of 2 points Teenagerus Americanus a two legged ape indigenous to North America breaks out in a cold sweat whenever exposed to elevator music This reaction is most likely Answer Selected Answer learned behavior Question 18 2 out of 2 points Steven says that he was very nervous when he first attended college classes but now he feels quite relaxed Steven s loss of anxiety is most likely an example of Answer Selected Answer learni ng Question 19 2


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