PSY 235: FINAL EXAM Answered
Questions (Latest 2026)
_________ is the primary way in which animals (including
humans) deal with change. - Correct Answers ✅learning
What was the name of the publication in which natural
selection was first proposed? - Correct Answers ✅On the
origin of Species
Charles Darwin had an extensive knowledge of genetics. -
Correct Answers ✅False
Reflexes present from birth are: - Correct Answers ✅Highly
sterotypical
5. Bull moose with large racks of antlers were dominant in a
relatively dry climate. However, a climatic change producing
large amounts of annual rainfall caused these heavily-
antlered moose to become more easily bogged down in
swampy areas, making them easy prey for wolf packs. Their
less-heavily antlered counterparts were now favored. What
point about natural selection does this best illustrate? -
Correct Answers ✅What constitutes a desirable trait.
Over many generations, fruit flies raised in complete
darkness clung to old visually-based ways - Correct
Answers ✅False
, PSY 235: FINAL EXAM Answered
Questions (Latest 2026)
Due to the environmental change cause by the Industrial
Revolution, peppered moths that were dark in coloration
almost completely died out. - Correct Answers ✅False
A _______ is a relationship between a specific stimulus and a
simple response. - Correct Answers ✅reflex
A _______ is a largely inherited series of interrelated acts. -
Correct Answers ✅MAP
The migration formation of Canadian geese is an example of
a: - Correct Answers ✅MAP
Modal action patterns are common in humans - Correct
Answers ✅False
Natural selection happens so quickly that is can barely be
noticed. - Correct Answers ✅False
When a behavior is defined by the procedure used to
measure it, the definition is said to be: - Correct Answers
✅Operational
A change in behavior due to experience constitutes: -
Correct Answers ✅Learning
Questions (Latest 2026)
_________ is the primary way in which animals (including
humans) deal with change. - Correct Answers ✅learning
What was the name of the publication in which natural
selection was first proposed? - Correct Answers ✅On the
origin of Species
Charles Darwin had an extensive knowledge of genetics. -
Correct Answers ✅False
Reflexes present from birth are: - Correct Answers ✅Highly
sterotypical
5. Bull moose with large racks of antlers were dominant in a
relatively dry climate. However, a climatic change producing
large amounts of annual rainfall caused these heavily-
antlered moose to become more easily bogged down in
swampy areas, making them easy prey for wolf packs. Their
less-heavily antlered counterparts were now favored. What
point about natural selection does this best illustrate? -
Correct Answers ✅What constitutes a desirable trait.
Over many generations, fruit flies raised in complete
darkness clung to old visually-based ways - Correct
Answers ✅False
, PSY 235: FINAL EXAM Answered
Questions (Latest 2026)
Due to the environmental change cause by the Industrial
Revolution, peppered moths that were dark in coloration
almost completely died out. - Correct Answers ✅False
A _______ is a relationship between a specific stimulus and a
simple response. - Correct Answers ✅reflex
A _______ is a largely inherited series of interrelated acts. -
Correct Answers ✅MAP
The migration formation of Canadian geese is an example of
a: - Correct Answers ✅MAP
Modal action patterns are common in humans - Correct
Answers ✅False
Natural selection happens so quickly that is can barely be
noticed. - Correct Answers ✅False
When a behavior is defined by the procedure used to
measure it, the definition is said to be: - Correct Answers
✅Operational
A change in behavior due to experience constitutes: -
Correct Answers ✅Learning
