Oefentoets 2 (Engels)
Biologische Grondslagen van het Gedrag.
Boek: Biological Psychology, Kalat, 10e
1. The best definition of biological psychology includes mention of:
a. abnormal behavior.
b. the physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of behavior and
experience.
c. brain damage and recovery.
d. psychoanalyses and drugs.
2. The explanation of the development of a bird's native song in terms of a
sensitive period in life as well as the genes to prepare them to learn the
song is known as:
a. physiological.
b. evolutionary.
c. ontogenetic.
d. functional.
3. Dualism is the belief that mind and body:
a. are one and the same.
b. exist independently and do not interact.
c. do not exist.
d. are different in substance.
4. Believing that everything that exists is physical is one version of:
a. dualism.
b. materialism.
c. mentalism.
d. Descartism.
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, 5. The units of heredity that are passed from one generation to another are:
a. enzymes.
b. mutations.
c. nucleic acids.
d. genes.
6. A recessive trait is visible only when the individual possesses:
a. sex limited genes.
b. dark hair.
c. homozygous recessive genes.
d. heterozygous genes.
7. Which of the following would most likely be sex‐linked?
a. genes on autosomal chromosomes
b. genes that must be activated by testosterone
c. genes that must be activated by estradiol
d. genes on the X chromosome
8. A gene that produced breast development is most likely to be a(n):
a. X‐linked gene.
b. sex‐limited gene.
c. sex‐linked dominant gene.
d. sex‐linked recessive gene.
9. If monozygotic twins reared in distinctly different environments have
similar body size, then this suggests that:
a. heredity fully controls body size.
b. differences in body size have high heritability.
c. differences in body size have low heritability.
d. environment fully controls body size.
10. One factor that is commonly overlooked in determining heritability among
identical twins is the role of:
a. paternal grandparents.
b. low IQ.
c. prenatal environment.
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Biologische Grondslagen van het Gedrag.
Boek: Biological Psychology, Kalat, 10e
1. The best definition of biological psychology includes mention of:
a. abnormal behavior.
b. the physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of behavior and
experience.
c. brain damage and recovery.
d. psychoanalyses and drugs.
2. The explanation of the development of a bird's native song in terms of a
sensitive period in life as well as the genes to prepare them to learn the
song is known as:
a. physiological.
b. evolutionary.
c. ontogenetic.
d. functional.
3. Dualism is the belief that mind and body:
a. are one and the same.
b. exist independently and do not interact.
c. do not exist.
d. are different in substance.
4. Believing that everything that exists is physical is one version of:
a. dualism.
b. materialism.
c. mentalism.
d. Descartism.
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, 5. The units of heredity that are passed from one generation to another are:
a. enzymes.
b. mutations.
c. nucleic acids.
d. genes.
6. A recessive trait is visible only when the individual possesses:
a. sex limited genes.
b. dark hair.
c. homozygous recessive genes.
d. heterozygous genes.
7. Which of the following would most likely be sex‐linked?
a. genes on autosomal chromosomes
b. genes that must be activated by testosterone
c. genes that must be activated by estradiol
d. genes on the X chromosome
8. A gene that produced breast development is most likely to be a(n):
a. X‐linked gene.
b. sex‐limited gene.
c. sex‐linked dominant gene.
d. sex‐linked recessive gene.
9. If monozygotic twins reared in distinctly different environments have
similar body size, then this suggests that:
a. heredity fully controls body size.
b. differences in body size have high heritability.
c. differences in body size have low heritability.
d. environment fully controls body size.
10. One factor that is commonly overlooked in determining heritability among
identical twins is the role of:
a. paternal grandparents.
b. low IQ.
c. prenatal environment.
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