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Chapter 02
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1. Red-feathered and blue-feathered birds occupy the same environment. The birds with the red feathers are better able to survive and avoid
predators. This means that the population of red-feathered birds should increase in future generations. This illustrates the process of:
A. genetic selection.
B. natural adaptation.
C. natural selection.
D. genetic survival.
Page: 49
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APA LO: 1.3
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Natural selection
2. _____ introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection in 1859.
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Charles Darwin
C. Stephen Hawking
D. Wilhelm Wundt
Page: 50
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APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Natural selection
3. If a baboon learns to eat many different kinds of fruit instead of relying on only one kind for its nutritive needs, we would argue that this behavior
promotes its survival. Thus, the behavior is:
A. adaptive.
B. aggressive.
C. dominant.
D. submissive.
Page: 50
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.3
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Adaptive behavior
4. Evolution takes place:
A. over the course of many generations.
B. almost immediately.
C. when a species is ready for it.
D. due to active attempts at change on the part of a species.
Page: 50
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Adaptive behavior
5. Psychology's newest approach, _____, emphasizes the importance of adaptation, reproduction, and "survival of the fittest" in shaping behavior.
A. behavioral psychology
B. humanistic psychology
C. cognitive psychology
D. evolutionary psychology
Page: 50
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APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolutionary psychology
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6. According to evolutionary developmental psychologists, many evolved psychological mechanisms are _____. That is, the mechanisms apply only
to a specific aspect of a person's makeup.
A. domain-specific
B. maladjusted
C. non-operational
D. unconditional
Page: 50
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APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolutionary developmental psychology
7. Which of the following statements is true about evolutionary developmental psychology?
A. Many evolved psychological mechanisms apply only to a specific aspect of a person's makeup.
B. The mind is a general-purpose device that can be applied equally to a vast array of problems.
C. All behaviors that were adaptive for our prehistoric ancestors serve us well today.
D. Evolution has not impacted human development.
Page: 50
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.2
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolutionary developmental psychology
8. The food-scarce environment of our ancestors likely led to humans' propensity to gorge when food is available and to crave high-caloric foods—a
trait that might lead to an epidemic of obesity when food is plentiful. This illustrates how:
A. socialization influences the development of behavior and cognitive skills in human beings.
B. evolved mechanisms are not always adaptive in contemporary society.
C. organisms pass on characteristics they had acquired during their lifetime to their offspring.
D. the benefits of evolutionary selection decrease with age.
Page: 51
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.2
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolutionary developmental psychology
9. According to Paul Baltes, the benefits conferred with evolutionary selection _____ with age.
A. increase
B. stay the same
C. decrease
D. fluctuate
Page: 51
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APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolution and life-span development
10. According to life-span developmentalist Paul Baltes, the benefits conferred by evolutionary selection decrease with age. Natural selection has not
weeded out many harmful conditions and nonadaptive characteristics that appear among older adults. Why?
A. Degeneration aids in the transmission of desirable traits to future generations.
B. Natural selection operates primarily on characteristics that are tied to reproductive fitness.
C. Human evolution has no effect on previous generations.
D. Evolved mechanisms are always adaptive in contemporary society.
Page: 51
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.2
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolution and life-span development
11. Paul Baltes says that natural selection among humans operates mainly during the _____ of life.
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A. second half
B. last years
C. first half
D. first year
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APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolution and life-span development
12. As the benefits of evolutionary selection decrease with age, Baltes argues, the need for all of the following increases, EXCEPT:
A. social support.
B. medical technology.
C. job training.
D. culture.
Page: 51
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolution and life-span development
13. As an alternative to "_____ evolutionism" presented in evolutionary psychology, Albert Bandura proposed a _____
A. bidirectional; unidirectional
B. one-sided; bidirectional
C. dynamic; linear
D. balanced; biased
Page: 51
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.2
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolution and life-span development
14. A fertilized human egg cannot grow into a crocodile, duck, or fish specifically because of:
A. social influence.
B. environmental influence.
C. adaptive behavior.
D. genetic code.
Page: 52
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.2: Describe what genes are and how they influence human development.
Topic: Genes
15. _____ is a complex molecule with a double helix shape, like a spiral staircase, and contains genetic information.
A. RNA
B. Chromosome
C. DNA
D. Ribosome
Page: 52
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.2: Describe what genes are and how they influence human development.
Topic: Genes
16. _____, the units of hereditary information, are short segments of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). They direct cells to reproduce themselves and to
assemble proteins.
A. Genes
B. Chromosomes
C. RNA
D. Ribosomes
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Chapter 02
Test Bank
1. Red-feathered and blue-feathered birds occupy the same environment. The birds with the red feathers are better able to survive and avoid
predators. This means that the population of red-feathered birds should increase in future generations. This illustrates the process of:
A. genetic selection.
B. natural adaptation.
C. natural selection.
D. genetic survival.
Page: 49
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.3
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Natural selection
2. _____ introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection in 1859.
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Charles Darwin
C. Stephen Hawking
D. Wilhelm Wundt
Page: 50
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Natural selection
3. If a baboon learns to eat many different kinds of fruit instead of relying on only one kind for its nutritive needs, we would argue that this behavior
promotes its survival. Thus, the behavior is:
A. adaptive.
B. aggressive.
C. dominant.
D. submissive.
Page: 50
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.3
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Adaptive behavior
4. Evolution takes place:
A. over the course of many generations.
B. almost immediately.
C. when a species is ready for it.
D. due to active attempts at change on the part of a species.
Page: 50
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Adaptive behavior
5. Psychology's newest approach, _____, emphasizes the importance of adaptation, reproduction, and "survival of the fittest" in shaping behavior.
A. behavioral psychology
B. humanistic psychology
C. cognitive psychology
D. evolutionary psychology
Page: 50
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolutionary psychology
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6. According to evolutionary developmental psychologists, many evolved psychological mechanisms are _____. That is, the mechanisms apply only
to a specific aspect of a person's makeup.
A. domain-specific
B. maladjusted
C. non-operational
D. unconditional
Page: 50
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolutionary developmental psychology
7. Which of the following statements is true about evolutionary developmental psychology?
A. Many evolved psychological mechanisms apply only to a specific aspect of a person's makeup.
B. The mind is a general-purpose device that can be applied equally to a vast array of problems.
C. All behaviors that were adaptive for our prehistoric ancestors serve us well today.
D. Evolution has not impacted human development.
Page: 50
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.2
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolutionary developmental psychology
8. The food-scarce environment of our ancestors likely led to humans' propensity to gorge when food is available and to crave high-caloric foods—a
trait that might lead to an epidemic of obesity when food is plentiful. This illustrates how:
A. socialization influences the development of behavior and cognitive skills in human beings.
B. evolved mechanisms are not always adaptive in contemporary society.
C. organisms pass on characteristics they had acquired during their lifetime to their offspring.
D. the benefits of evolutionary selection decrease with age.
Page: 51
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.2
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolutionary developmental psychology
9. According to Paul Baltes, the benefits conferred with evolutionary selection _____ with age.
A. increase
B. stay the same
C. decrease
D. fluctuate
Page: 51
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolution and life-span development
10. According to life-span developmentalist Paul Baltes, the benefits conferred by evolutionary selection decrease with age. Natural selection has not
weeded out many harmful conditions and nonadaptive characteristics that appear among older adults. Why?
A. Degeneration aids in the transmission of desirable traits to future generations.
B. Natural selection operates primarily on characteristics that are tied to reproductive fitness.
C. Human evolution has no effect on previous generations.
D. Evolved mechanisms are always adaptive in contemporary society.
Page: 51
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.2
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolution and life-span development
11. Paul Baltes says that natural selection among humans operates mainly during the _____ of life.
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A. second half
B. last years
C. first half
D. first year
Page: 51
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolution and life-span development
12. As the benefits of evolutionary selection decrease with age, Baltes argues, the need for all of the following increases, EXCEPT:
A. social support.
B. medical technology.
C. job training.
D. culture.
Page: 51
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolution and life-span development
13. As an alternative to "_____ evolutionism" presented in evolutionary psychology, Albert Bandura proposed a _____
A. bidirectional; unidirectional
B. one-sided; bidirectional
C. dynamic; linear
D. balanced; biased
Page: 51
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.2
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolution and life-span development
14. A fertilized human egg cannot grow into a crocodile, duck, or fish specifically because of:
A. social influence.
B. environmental influence.
C. adaptive behavior.
D. genetic code.
Page: 52
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.2: Describe what genes are and how they influence human development.
Topic: Genes
15. _____ is a complex molecule with a double helix shape, like a spiral staircase, and contains genetic information.
A. RNA
B. Chromosome
C. DNA
D. Ribosome
Page: 52
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.2: Describe what genes are and how they influence human development.
Topic: Genes
16. _____, the units of hereditary information, are short segments of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). They direct cells to reproduce themselves and to
assemble proteins.
A. Genes
B. Chromosomes
C. RNA
D. Ribosomes
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