Name: Class: Date:
Chap 01 8e
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Learning is a biological mechanism.
a. True
b. False
2. Your textbook views learning as a change in the brain that is represented in behavior.
a. True
b. False
3. Some people have genes from Homo neanderthalensis.
a. True
b. False
4. In Darwin’s day, the laws governing inheritance were not generally known.
a. True
b. False
5. All reflexes contribute to survival.
a. True
b. False
6. Learning is a change in behavior due to artificial selection.
a. True
b. False
7. Many species go extinct during periods of extreme climate change due to their environments changing more
quickly than natural selection can act.
a. True
b. False
8. The brown-headed cowbird puts its eggs in other birds’ nests. This is an example of a reflex.
a. True
b. False
9. A stimulus is an environmental event that is capable of affecting behavior.
a. True
b. False
10. It is sometimes difficult to say whether an event is behavior or physiology.
a. True
b. False
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, Name: Class: Date:
Chap 01 8e
11. Learning, like natural selection, is a biological mechanism for adapting to change.
a. True
b. False
12. The word stimulus always refers to events in an organism’s surroundings.
a. True
b. False
13. The cross-breeding of closely related species is called hybridization.
a. True
b. False
14. The evolution of most species is now complete.
a. True
b. False
15. The evidence from biology suggests that the first “eyes” were not eyes at all, but light-sensitive cells.
a. True
b. False
16. Darwin believed that there were no human instincts.
a. True
b. False
17. Natural selection helps the species adapt to change, not the individual.
a. True
b. False
18. Natural selection helps the individual adapt to changes in its environment.
a. True
b. False
19. Repeated exposure to a stimulus that evokes a reflex response results in habituation.
a. True
b. False
20. The dispute over the relative importance of genetics and learning is often called the evolved modifiability
debate.
a. True
b. False
21. Malthus’s book An Essay on the Principle of Population had a strong influence on Darwin.
a. True
b. False
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Chap 01 8e
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Learning is a biological mechanism.
a. True
b. False
2. Your textbook views learning as a change in the brain that is represented in behavior.
a. True
b. False
3. Some people have genes from Homo neanderthalensis.
a. True
b. False
4. In Darwin’s day, the laws governing inheritance were not generally known.
a. True
b. False
5. All reflexes contribute to survival.
a. True
b. False
6. Learning is a change in behavior due to artificial selection.
a. True
b. False
7. Many species go extinct during periods of extreme climate change due to their environments changing more
quickly than natural selection can act.
a. True
b. False
8. The brown-headed cowbird puts its eggs in other birds’ nests. This is an example of a reflex.
a. True
b. False
9. A stimulus is an environmental event that is capable of affecting behavior.
a. True
b. False
10. It is sometimes difficult to say whether an event is behavior or physiology.
a. True
b. False
. Page 1
, Name: Class: Date:
Chap 01 8e
11. Learning, like natural selection, is a biological mechanism for adapting to change.
a. True
b. False
12. The word stimulus always refers to events in an organism’s surroundings.
a. True
b. False
13. The cross-breeding of closely related species is called hybridization.
a. True
b. False
14. The evolution of most species is now complete.
a. True
b. False
15. The evidence from biology suggests that the first “eyes” were not eyes at all, but light-sensitive cells.
a. True
b. False
16. Darwin believed that there were no human instincts.
a. True
b. False
17. Natural selection helps the species adapt to change, not the individual.
a. True
b. False
18. Natural selection helps the individual adapt to changes in its environment.
a. True
b. False
19. Repeated exposure to a stimulus that evokes a reflex response results in habituation.
a. True
b. False
20. The dispute over the relative importance of genetics and learning is often called the evolved modifiability
debate.
a. True
b. False
21. Malthus’s book An Essay on the Principle of Population had a strong influence on Darwin.
a. True
b. False
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