The 'Psychology Beginning of the year' quiz explores fundamental concepts in psychology, including cognitive processes, evolutionary perspectives, and the neuroscience basis of emotions. It assesses understanding of psychological theories and their application to human behavior and evolution.
Behavioral
Cognitive
Behavior genetics
Social-cultural
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They need protection and stability
They want good genes in their children
They can only make a limited number of babies
They can easily raise a child on their own
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Spiders are more deadly
Our ancestors who were cautious about spiders were more likely to pass their genes to future generations
Guns look like toys
Everyone who was scared by guns was killed off because people killed them
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How we are born (our genes)
What we are exposed to (our environment)
Trees and insects and such
Our brain's way of processing information
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Social Darwinism
Natural selection
Genetic mutation
Cognitive psychology
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Chromosome
DNA
Nucleus
Genome
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Siamese
Fraternal
Identical
Conjoined
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Siamese
Fraternal
Identical
Conjoined
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Older brothers and are left-handed
Older sisters and are right-handed
Older brothers and are right-handed
Older sisters and are left-handed
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Injected the girls with testosterone after birth
Fed the mother certain food while they were in the womb
Raised them with all boys
Raised them with all girls
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25%
50%
75%
100%
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Genome; chromosomes
DNA; chromosomes
Chromosomes; genome
Chromosomes; DNA
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Natural geneticists
Behavior geneticists
Clinical psychologists
Humanistic psychologists
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Father's mother
Father's father
Mother's mother
Mother's father
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Five year old because they are less likely to die before reproducing
Five year old because we know them better
One year old because they are more defenseless
One year old because they are cuter
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Healthy female child
Healthy male child
Sick male child
Sick female child
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10; 20
30; hundreds (or more)
Hundreds (or more); hundreds (or more)
8; 10
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They want to stay up to see what's going on
They might get left behind in the dark
They might get eaten by an animal in the dark
They can't protect themselves
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Psychodynamic
Humanistic
Behavioral
Neuroscience
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2 years before females
At the same time as females
2 years after females
At the age of 10
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People who were taller had advantages
People who walked on four limbs had advantages
People who were shorter had advantages
People who were bent over had advantages
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1 out of 1000
1 out of 8
1 out of 65
All of them
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Data gathering; white matter
Cortexes; neurons
Neurons; cortexes
White matter; data gathering
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12
23
45
71
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Territorial
Needy offspring
Male desire to have lots of offspring
Protection from predators
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