EKU PSY 333 Spring 2026 Exam 1 Study Guide: Abnormal Psychology
Foundations Review
Who first proposed the idea that the better adapted an organism is, the higher the probability
that it will survive and reproduce? - correct answer ✔✔a. Charles Darwin
Who introduced the experimental method to the study of animal psychology? - correct answer
✔✔b. Edward Thorndike
Which academic discipline believes in only studying observable behavior? - correct answer
✔✔c. Behaviorists
Select the person who stated this: "In no case may we interpret an action as the outcome of the
exercise of a higher physical faculty, if it can be interpreted as the outcome of the exercise of
one which stands lower in the psychological scale." - correct answer ✔✔c. Morgan
How many color receptors do pigeons have? - correct answer ✔✔d. 6
In which of the following speces can pregnancy be aborted if the females smell the pheromones
from males that are not the father? - correct answer ✔✔d. Bank voles
How do weakly electric Africa fish tell distance? - correct answer ✔✔c. Using the sharpness of
electrical reflection
A prior rejection of shared characteristics between humans and animals when they may in fact
exist is called: - correct answer ✔✔c. Anthropodenial
Which of the following statements is true concerning evolutionary theory? - correct answer
✔✔d. All of the above.
Foundations Review
Who first proposed the idea that the better adapted an organism is, the higher the probability
that it will survive and reproduce? - correct answer ✔✔a. Charles Darwin
Who introduced the experimental method to the study of animal psychology? - correct answer
✔✔b. Edward Thorndike
Which academic discipline believes in only studying observable behavior? - correct answer
✔✔c. Behaviorists
Select the person who stated this: "In no case may we interpret an action as the outcome of the
exercise of a higher physical faculty, if it can be interpreted as the outcome of the exercise of
one which stands lower in the psychological scale." - correct answer ✔✔c. Morgan
How many color receptors do pigeons have? - correct answer ✔✔d. 6
In which of the following speces can pregnancy be aborted if the females smell the pheromones
from males that are not the father? - correct answer ✔✔d. Bank voles
How do weakly electric Africa fish tell distance? - correct answer ✔✔c. Using the sharpness of
electrical reflection
A prior rejection of shared characteristics between humans and animals when they may in fact
exist is called: - correct answer ✔✔c. Anthropodenial
Which of the following statements is true concerning evolutionary theory? - correct answer
✔✔d. All of the above.
