Chapt1 Flashcards
variation and natural selection are the foundations of …
evolution
Darwin’s theory of evolution has been around for about …
150 years
chapter 1 includes a box called the face of Change. one point the essay makes is that…
many changes in our lives are imperceptible
the role of Natural Selection in the beaks of finches was the subject of research by…
Peter and Rosemary Grant
the gollypod, a fictitious aquatic animal, breaks out in a cold sweat whenever exposed to the sun. This reaction is most likely…
a reflex
the tendency of some animals to hoard food is probably an example of…
a general behaviour trait
the quotation “change is the only constant” is attributed to…
Lucretius
modal action patterns are induced by events called….
releasers
the chief advantage of learning over natural selection as a means of adapting to change is that learning…
is faster
the phenomenon that is nearly the opposite of habituation is…
sensitization
the person who demonstrated that the marching of tropical army Ants is not intelligent behaviour is…
Schneirla
the list of alleged human fixed action patterns…
has gotten shorter in recent years
one person who raised doubts about incest taboo is…
freud
in her study of baboons, Shirley Strum found that the most successful males were…
less aggressive than other males
the brown headed cowbird deposits its eggs in the nests of other birds. this is most likely a…
modal action pattern
learning is an evolved…
modifiability
according to David Buss, the work of Gregor Mendel…
had little or no influence to Darwin’s thinking
behaviour is anything an animal or person does that can be…
Measured
natural selection is illustrated by changes in the colouration of the peppered moth resulting from…
industrial pollution
most mutations…
are not helpful to survival
Keltner and Anderson suggest that …. may protect us from injury by appeasing others we have offended
blushing
a reflex is…
a relationship between an event and a simple response
there is evidence that the rate of… in foetuses is correlated with intellectual development after birth
habituation
the rooting of pigs (for worms, larvae & truffles) is an example of a
MAP
the colour … is a releaser for aggression in the male stickleback
red
learning is…
a change in behaviour
experience refers to…
events that affect behaviour
an … is something an organism tries to escape or avoid
aversive
in the fox breeding experiment, researchers selectively mated foxes that displayed…
dog-like behaviour
Lee Cronk wrote an article on how evolved behaviour can prove non-adaptive when the environment changes. The article was called…
Old dogs, old tricks
… poked fun at the human tendency to see itself as the crowning achievement of evolution
Bertrand Russell
… refers to modal action patterns as complex reflexes
Howard Rachlin
Steven says that he was very nervous when he first attended college classes, but now he feels quite relaxed. Stevens loss of anxiety is most likely an example of…
learning
natural selection helps the individual adapt to changes in its environment
false
reflexes are generally less variable than modal action patterns
true
all reflexes contribute to survival
false
Darwin believe that there were no human instincts
false
a major problem with natural selection as an adaptive mechanism is that it is slow
True
research on the sexual orientation of sisters of lesbian women demonstrated that homosexuality is an inherited characteristic
false
natural selection helps the species to adapt to change, not the individual
true
your text views learning as a change in the brain that is represented in behaviour
false
learning always involves the acquisition of new behaviours
false
it is sometimes difficult to say whether an event is behaviour or physiology
true
the word stimulus always refers to events in an organisms surroundings
false
Darwin founded his theory of evolution on the work of Gregor Mendel
False
repeated exposure to a stimulus that evokes a reflex response results in…
habituation
