Unit 1 Quiz

Question 1

When a behaviour is defined by the procedure used to measure it, the definition is said to be

Answer 1

Operational

Question 2

Any variable in an experimenter manipulates is a

Answer 2

Independent variable

Question 3

Any event that is capable of affecting behaviour is called a

Answer 3

Stimulus

Question 4

The experiments of Harlow and Harlow demonstrated that how monkeys are reared

Answer 4

Can have a profound effect on their behaviour later in life

Question 5

A person who says, “everyone knows that” is referring to

Answer 5

Anecdotal evidence

Question 6

Something an organism tries to escape or avoid

Answer 6

Aversive

Question 7

There is evidence that the rate of ________in foetuses is correlated with intellectual development after birth

Answer 7

Habituation

Question 8

Darwins theory of evolution has been around for about ______ years

Answer 8

150

Question 9

In group-design experiments, researchers often use ______ to reduce differences among participants

Answer 9

Matched sampling

Question 10

Lee Cronk wrote an article on how evolved behaviour can prove non-adaptive when

Answer 10

The environment changes

Question 11

Variation and natural selection are the foundations of

Answer 11

Evolution

Question 12

One problem with computer simulations as a substitute for animal research is that

Answer 12

No one knows what behaviour to program until the research has been done

Question 13

In the fox-breeding experiment, researchers selectively made foxes that displayed _____ behaviour

Answer 13

Dog-like

Question 14

True or false: BF Skinner was the first person to record data cumulatively

Answer 14

False

Question 15

True or false: your text views learning as a change in the brain that is represented in behaviour

Answer 15

False

Question 16

True or false: learning researchers note that results with humans usually parallel those with animals

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or false: all changes in behaviour are examples of learning

Answer 17

False

Question 18

True or false: the natural science approach emphasizes physical events

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or false: reflexes are generally less variable than fixed action pattern’s

Answer 19

True

Question 20

One thing researchers can control better with animals subjects then with human subjects is

Answer 20

Heredity

Question 21

The brown-headed cowbird puts its eggs in other birds nests. This is an example of a

Answer 21

Fixed action pattern

Question 22

Learning is a ______ in _______ due to __________

Answer 22

Learning is a change in behaviour due to experience

Question 23

The dispute over the relative importance of genetics and learning is often called the __________ debate

Answer 23

Nature-nurture

Question 24

Repeated exposure to a stimulus that evokes a reflex response results in

Answer 24

Habituation

Question 25

Tropical army ants appear to be marching together toward an objective, but they are actually following

Answer 25

A chemical trail