Study Guide on Natural Selection and Conditioning
Exam 1 review
Quiz 1 review
A major problem with natural selection as an adaptive mechanism is that it is slow. —true
Natural selection helps the individual adapt to changes in its environment during its lifetime.—false
Every known reflex contributes to the individual’s survival. --false
Learning is defined as – a change in behavior
Most mutations --- are not helpful to survival
Bridger (1961) found that infants’ heart rate increased when a novel sound was presented, but that heart rate increased less and less each time the sound was presented. This is an example of --- habituation
A reflex is best defined as --- a relationship between an event and a simple response
The author of your text evidently believes that--- learning is the way of adapting to change
Variation and natural selection are the foundations of – evolution
Behavior is anything an animal or person does that can be—measured
The rooting of pigs (for worms, larvae, and truffles) is an example of a- MAP
The evolution of most species is now complete.-False
The chief advantage of learning over natural selection as a means of adapting to change is that learning- is faster
Learning is an evolved-modifiability
Experience refers to---events that affect behavior
Quiz 2
Learning researchers note that results with humans usually parallel (i.e., show the same effects as) those with non-human animals.-- True
Experiments differ from other ways of acquiring knowledge in that they allow one to – determine cause and effect
Response topography is measured moment by moment on a cumulative record.—false
All of the following are reasons nonhuman animal research is conducted EXCEPT which? --- can develop computer models to answer questions
Harry teaches an advanced painting class. His goal is to teach students to paint more creatively. Harry will probably measure learning as a change in response—topography
Which of the following describes the difference between a general search and a focal search? -- General
Quiz 1 review
A major problem with natural selection as an adaptive mechanism is that it is slow. —true
Natural selection helps the individual adapt to changes in its environment during its lifetime.—false
Every known reflex contributes to the individual’s survival. --false
Learning is defined as – a change in behavior
Most mutations --- are not helpful to survival
Bridger (1961) found that infants’ heart rate increased when a novel sound was presented, but that heart rate increased less and less each time the sound was presented. This is an example of --- habituation
A reflex is best defined as --- a relationship between an event and a simple response
The author of your text evidently believes that--- learning is the way of adapting to change
Variation and natural selection are the foundations of – evolution
Behavior is anything an animal or person does that can be—measured
The rooting of pigs (for worms, larvae, and truffles) is an example of a- MAP
The evolution of most species is now complete.-False
The chief advantage of learning over natural selection as a means of adapting to change is that learning- is faster
Learning is an evolved-modifiability
Experience refers to---events that affect behavior
Quiz 2
Learning researchers note that results with humans usually parallel (i.e., show the same effects as) those with non-human animals.-- True
Experiments differ from other ways of acquiring knowledge in that they allow one to – determine cause and effect
Response topography is measured moment by moment on a cumulative record.—false
All of the following are reasons nonhuman animal research is conducted EXCEPT which? --- can develop computer models to answer questions
Harry teaches an advanced painting class. His goal is to teach students to paint more creatively. Harry will probably measure learning as a change in response—topography
Which of the following describes the difference between a general search and a focal search? -- General