Psy 421 Test 1

Question 1

Evolved modifiability

Answer 1

The capacity to learn is an evolved trait

Question 2

Mechanisms for coping with Change

Answer 2

1. Natural selection- across species/evolutionary time

2. Learning- individuals lifetime

Question 3

Common descent

Answer 3

All life forms descended from a common ancestor

Question 4

Natural selection

Answer 4

Small, random, inheritable differences among individuals that result in different chances of reproduction

Question 5

The relation ship between a specific event and a small, involuntary response to that event

Answer 5

Reflex

Question 6

Why is natural selection behind the times?

Answer 6

The traits that we’ve inherited are not beneficial for us now but were at some point

Question 7

Learning

Answer 7

Relatively permanent changes in environment-behavior relationships due to certain types of experiences

Question 8

Behavior

Answer 8

That which interacts with it environment

Question 9

Why is learning not defined by cognitive processes?

Answer 9

Because the cognitive process doesn’t exist.

Question 10

Heritability

Answer 10

The extent to which differences in a trait in a given population are correlated with differences in genes.

Question 11

The 4 assumptions of behavior

Answer 11

All behavior is caused
The causes precede their effects
Causes are natural phenomena
The simplest explanation that fits the data is the best