Psychology

In research presented in ABC video on gender differences, men were better at?
A. problem solving in hypothetical situationsB. Navigating using landmarksC. Identifying where they were after being guided around while blindfoldedD. Remembering items and their locations in a room.

Adoptive parents are least likely to influence the blank of their adopted children.
A. moral valuesB. Personality attitudesC. Political AttitudesD. Religious Beliefs

Which of the following pieces of evidence would suggest that men are more aggressive than women due to evolved factors.
A. Exposure to media violence increases levels of aggression.B. Higher levels of frustration are associated with higher levels of aggression.C. Increasing levels of testosterone lead to increasing levels of aggression.D. Boys are more likely than girls to be rewarded for aggressive behavior.

Evolutionary psychologists might suggest that women are more hesitant to engage in casual sex because of
A. women's greater biological investment in children.B. Society's teaching them to be ashamed of their sexuality.C. Fear of social repercussions if it becomes known that they are sexually activeD. None of the above

Sexual selection refers to the idea that those traits that:
A. Increase the likelihood of successful mating will become more prevalent in the species.B. Increase the likelihood of survival will become more prevalent in the species. C. Decrease the likelihood of survival will become less prevalent in the species.D. All of the above.

Which of the following would be an example of natural selection?
A. Male deer have antlers because those with antlers were more successful in driving off rivals and were therefore more likely to mate.B. A species living in cold weather develops thick fur because those animals who happen to genes leading to thick fur are more likely to survive.C. Species adapt towards a desirable endpoint of evolution.D. All of the above

Evolutionary psychologists attribute the human tendency to fear snakes and heights to
A. gender schemasB. CollectivismC. the X chromosomeD. Genetic predispositions

Natural selection requires that individual members of a species must
A. have the same chance of survival and reproduction.B. Be genetically identicalC. Be equally suited to the demands of the environment.D. None of the above

Evolutionary psychology would suggest that men prefer youthful sexual partners because:
A. Only men who had this preference would survive long enough to produce offspring.B. Media images of youth and beauty lead men to that preference.C. Women have a limited reproductive lifespan, and youthful women will produce more offspring.D. All of the above.

We each have 46 blank made up of the DNA that contain instructions to make the building blocks of life.
A. CellsB. genesC. ChromosomesD. Nuclei

The term "survival of the fittest" is a common way to describe:
A. Natural SelectionB. Sexual SelectionC. CollectivismD. Individualism

Data from the "Minnesota twin studies" suggests that:
A. Many traits are influenced by genetics, but attitudes are not.B. Identical twins raised apart are not very similar in personality C. Genes play a role in the development of a wide variety of of personality traits.D. Heritability is a factor for the development of identical but not fraternal twins.

By inventing customs and passing them on to their peers and offspring, chimpanzees exhibit the rudiments of
A. individualismB. TemperamentC. Culture
D. Personal Space

The beautiful tail feathers of the peacock are the result of:
A. Natural Selection
B. Sexual Selection
C. Selective Breeding by humansD. Genetic drift

An experiment is designed to study how temperature influences aggression. The researcher has people come in to his lab, some when the room temperature is 85, and some when the room temperature is 72. He then measures how aggressive they are. In this study, the temperature is the blank variable, and the aggression is the blank variable.
A. Dependent; independentB. Independent; dependentC. Control; DependentD. Dependent; confounding