Psychology Beginning Of The Year Quiz

27 Questions | By EmilyNallCrist | Last updated: Mar 20, 2022 | Total Attempts: 45

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1.
Choose a human characteristic or behavior we've discussed in class and do the following:
- A. Identify the characteristic or behavior
- B. Explain how an evolutionary psychologist would explain why we developed that characteristic or behavior.
2.

Which perspective of psychology would be most likely to answer the following question: "How does the body and brain enable emotions?"
- A.
  
  Neuroscience
- B.
  
  Psychodynamic
- C.
  
  Behavioral
- D.
  
  Cognitive
3.

Which perspective of psychology deals with how humans think?
- A.
  
  Behavioral
- B.
  
  Cognitive
- C.
  
  Behavior genetics
- D.
  
  Social-cultural
4.

According to evolutionary psychologists, women are more likely than men to be choosier about who they mate with for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
- A.
  
  They need protection and stability
- B.
  
  They want good genes in their children
- C.
  
  They can only make a limited number of babies
- D.
  
  They can easily raise a child on their own
5.

Why are people prone to fear spiders more than guns?
- A.
  
  Spiders are more deadly
- B.
  
  Our ancestors who were cautious about spiders were more likely to pass their genes to future generations
- C.
  
  Guns look like toys
- D.
  
  Everyone who was scared by guns was killed off because people killed them
6.

In the psychological debate bature vs. nurture, nature is:
- A.
  
  How we are born (our genes)
- B.
  
  What we are exposed to (our environment)
- C.
  
  Trees and insects and such
- D.
  
  Our brain's way of processing information
7.

__________________________________ is an evolutionary process through which adaptive traits are passed on to ongoing generations because these traits help animals survive and reproduce.
- A.
  
  Social Darwinism
- B.
  
  Natural selection
- C.
  
  Genetic mutation
- D.
  
  Cognitive psychology
8.

A ______________________________ is the set of complete instructions for making an organism, containing all the genes in that organism.
- A.
  
  Chromosome
- B.
  
  DNA
- C.
  
  Nucleus
- D.
  
  Genome
9.

A ____________________________ twin is when there is one egg fertilized by one sperm and the cell splits.
- A.
  
  Siamese
- B.
  
  Fraternal
- C.
  
  Identical
- D.
  
  Conjoined
10.

A _____________________________________ twin is when there are two eggs and two sperm that develop together in the same womb.
- A.
  
  Siamese
- B.
  
  Fraternal
- C.
  
  Identical
- D.
  
  Conjoined
11.

Based on the video we viewed in class, boys are more likely to be homosexual if they have:
- A.
  
  Older brothers and are left-handed
- B.
  
  Older sisters and are right-handed
- C.
  
  Older brothers and are right-handed
- D.
  
  Older sisters and are left-handed
12.

How did the scientists get the female rats to behave as the opposite sex in the video we viewed in class?
- A.
  
  Injected the girls with testosterone after birth
- B.
  
  Fed the mother certain food while they were in the womb
- C.
  
  Raised them with all boys
- D.
  
  Raised them with all girls
13.

What percent of fraternal twins' DNA is shared?
- A.
  
  25%
- B.
  
  50%
- C.
  
  75%
- D.
  
  100%
14.

____________________________containing ___________________________________________ are situated in the nucleus of a cell.
- A.
  
  Genome; chromosomes
- B.
  
  DNA; chromosomes
- C.
  
  Chromosomes; genome
- D.
  
  Chromosomes; DNA
15.

_____________________________________________ study our differences and weigh the relative effects of heredity and environment.
- A.
  
  Natural geneticists
- B.
  
  Behavior geneticists
- C.
  
  Clinical psychologists
- D.
  
  Humanistic psychologists
16.

An evolutionary psychologist would say that in most cases the grandparent we would be closest to would be:
- A.
  
  Father's mother
- B.
  
  Father's father
- C.
  
  Mother's mother
- D.
  
  Mother's father
17.

An evolutionary psychologist would say we would be more likely to save our one year old child or our five year old child and why?
- A.
  
  Five year old because they are less likely to die before reproducing
- B.
  
  Five year old because we know them better
- C.
  
  One year old because they are more defenseless
- D.
  
  One year old because they are cuter
18.

Which of the following children would an evolutionary psychologist say we would be most upset by if they died?
- A.
  
  Healthy female child
- B.
  
  Healthy male child
- C.
  
  Sick male child
- D.
  
  Sick female child
19.

At most women can have about _______ children while men can have _______________.
- A.
  
  10; 20
- B.
  
  30; hundreds (or more)
- C.
  
  Hundreds (or more); hundreds (or more)
- D.
  
  8; 10
20.

Which of the following would an evolutionary psychologist think was the most unlikely reason for a child to protest going to bed at night:
- A.
  
  They want to stay up to see what's going on
- B.
  
  They might get left behind in the dark
- C.
  
  They might get eaten by an animal in the dark
- D.
  
  They can't protect themselves
21.

Which psychological perspective looks at how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts?
- A.
  
  Psychodynamic
- B.
  
  Humanistic
- C.
  
  Behavioral
- D.
  
  Neuroscience
22.

Males hit puberty:
- A.
  
  2 years before females
- B.
  
  At the same time as females
- C.
  
  2 years after females
- D.
  
  At the age of 10
23.

One think we learned about size and stature is that:
- A.
  
  People who were taller had advantages
- B.
  
  People who walked on four limbs had advantages
- C.
  
  People who were shorter had advantages
- D.
  
  People who were bent over had advantages
24.

At the beginning of pregnancy how many pregnancies are twins?
- A.
  
  1 out of 1000
- B.
  
  1 out of 8
- C.
  
  1 out of 65
- D.
  
  All of them
25.

In studying the brains of males and females, it has been found that females have more _____________________ while males have more _____________________.
- A.
  
  Data gathering; white matter
- B.
  
  Cortexes; neurons
- C.
  
  Neurons; cortexes
- D.
  
  White matter; data gathering