PSYC 387 Study Guide-Questions with Complete
Solutions
Aversion Therapy
A form of counter conditioning where a CS is paired with an aversive US
Backward Training
A chaining procedure where training begins with the last link in the chain and adds preceding
links in reverse order
The brown-headed cowbird deposits its eggs in the nests of other birds. This is most likely a
fixed action pattern
Natural selection is often
behind the times
Balster and colleagues suggest that inhumane treatment of research animals is
bad science
Any variable an experimenter manipulates is a/an ________ variable.
independent
In her study of baboons, Shirley Strum found that the most successful males were
less aggressive than other males.
Natural selection is illustrated by changes in the colouration of the Peppered Moth
resulting from
,industrial pollution
The kind of study that is most likely to involve a large number of subjects is one with a/an
between-subjects design
In group-design experiments, researchers often use _________ to reduce differences among
participants.
matched sampling
In a cumulative record, learning is indicated by change in response
rate
A teacher who looks for an increase in the number of correct performances per minute is
using _______ as a measure of learning.
fluency
E. O. Wilson suggests that there are two FAPs in humans: the incest taboo and
biophilia
Tropical army ants appear to be marching together toward an objective, but they are
actually following
a chemical trail
Darwin founded his theory of evolution on the work of Gregor Mendel.
False
,In the fox-breeding experiment, researchers selectively mated foxes that displayed
________ behavior
dog-like
Probably the reason the world seems relatively stable is that we don't live long enough to
see many drastic changes
True
Darwin believed that there were no human instincts
False
Speed and rate are different terms for the same measure of learning
False
It is sometimes difficult to say whether an event represents behavior or physiology
True
All reflexes contribute to survival
False
Response _________
refers to the time that passes before a response occurs.
latency
Repeated exposure to a stimulus that evokes a reflex response results in
habituation
, One thing researchers can control better with animal subjects than with human subjects is
genetic history
is a biological mechanism for adapting to change
Learning
Learning is a ______ in _________ due to ______
change, behavior, experience
A stimulus is an environmental event that is capable of affecting
behavior
Natural Selection
The tendency for favorable characteristics to survive and unfavorable characteristics to die out
Who originally said that change is the only constant
Lucretius
What type of observations did Darwin use to support his theory
Animal observation
Describe Dawkins's pebbly beach analogy for natural selection
Smaller pebbles run along the beach and larger ones in different areas due to the waves.
Mutation
Any changes to a gene
Solutions
Aversion Therapy
A form of counter conditioning where a CS is paired with an aversive US
Backward Training
A chaining procedure where training begins with the last link in the chain and adds preceding
links in reverse order
The brown-headed cowbird deposits its eggs in the nests of other birds. This is most likely a
fixed action pattern
Natural selection is often
behind the times
Balster and colleagues suggest that inhumane treatment of research animals is
bad science
Any variable an experimenter manipulates is a/an ________ variable.
independent
In her study of baboons, Shirley Strum found that the most successful males were
less aggressive than other males.
Natural selection is illustrated by changes in the colouration of the Peppered Moth
resulting from
,industrial pollution
The kind of study that is most likely to involve a large number of subjects is one with a/an
between-subjects design
In group-design experiments, researchers often use _________ to reduce differences among
participants.
matched sampling
In a cumulative record, learning is indicated by change in response
rate
A teacher who looks for an increase in the number of correct performances per minute is
using _______ as a measure of learning.
fluency
E. O. Wilson suggests that there are two FAPs in humans: the incest taboo and
biophilia
Tropical army ants appear to be marching together toward an objective, but they are
actually following
a chemical trail
Darwin founded his theory of evolution on the work of Gregor Mendel.
False
,In the fox-breeding experiment, researchers selectively mated foxes that displayed
________ behavior
dog-like
Probably the reason the world seems relatively stable is that we don't live long enough to
see many drastic changes
True
Darwin believed that there were no human instincts
False
Speed and rate are different terms for the same measure of learning
False
It is sometimes difficult to say whether an event represents behavior or physiology
True
All reflexes contribute to survival
False
Response _________
refers to the time that passes before a response occurs.
latency
Repeated exposure to a stimulus that evokes a reflex response results in
habituation
, One thing researchers can control better with animal subjects than with human subjects is
genetic history
is a biological mechanism for adapting to change
Learning
Learning is a ______ in _________ due to ______
change, behavior, experience
A stimulus is an environmental event that is capable of affecting
behavior
Natural Selection
The tendency for favorable characteristics to survive and unfavorable characteristics to die out
Who originally said that change is the only constant
Lucretius
What type of observations did Darwin use to support his theory
Animal observation
Describe Dawkins's pebbly beach analogy for natural selection
Smaller pebbles run along the beach and larger ones in different areas due to the waves.
Mutation
Any changes to a gene
