Chapter 02 Biological Beginnings

Chapter 02 Biological Beginnings

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice Questions

Red-feathered and blue-feathered birds occupy the same environment. The birds with the red feathers are better able to survive and avoid predators. This means that the population of red-feathered birds should increase in future generations. This illustrates the process of _____.

genetic selection

natural adaptation

natural selection

genetic survival

 

 

APA LO: 1.3
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Natural selection

 

_____ introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection in 1859.

Sigmund Freud

Charles Darwin

Stephen Hawking

Wilhelm Wundt

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Natural selection

 

If a baboon learns to eat many different kinds of fruit instead of relying on only one kind for its nutritive needs, we would argue that this behavior promotes its survival. Thus, the behavior is _____.

adaptive

aggressive

dominant

submissive

 

 

APA LO: 1.3
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Adaptive behavior

 

Evolution takes place:

over the course of many generations.

almost immediately.

when a species is ready for it.

due to active attempts at change on the part of a species.

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Adaptive behavior

 

Psychology’s newest approach, _____, emphasizes the importance of adaptation, reproduction, and “survival of the fittest” in shaping behavior.

behavioral psychology

humanistic psychology

cognitive psychology

evolutionary psychology

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.1: Discuss the evolutionary perspective on life-span development.
Topic: Evolutionary psychology