Question 1:
Darwin did not publish his theory in the early 1840s. Several factors
contributed. Which of the following was not one of them?
a. he did not want to be associated with the author of Vestiges of Creation
b. he did not think he had enough empirical support for the theory
c. ill health slowed him
d.he did not have his theory worked out until the late 1850s
Question 2:
Which of the following is true about Darwin’s visit to the Galápagos
Islands?
a) While on the island, Darwin had his a-ha moment and came up with his
theory of natural selection
b) The finches would eventually be important, but Darwin didn't realize it at
the time
c) Darwin observed the emergence of new species of finches while he was
there
d) Darwin made important geological discoveries on the islands but did not
collect evidence to support his evolutionary theory
Question 3:
Seeing a dog open a gate, ___ would be impressed with the reasoning
and foresight involved, while ___ would interpret it as the result of
trial-and-error learning.
a. Romanes; Morgan
b. Morgan; Romanes
c. Galton; Romanes
d. Darwin; Morgan
Question 4:
All of the following are true of Sir Francis Galton except
a. he was obsessed with the idea of collecting data ("whenever you can,
count")
b. he believed it was more important to study general principles of
human behavior; he
didn't think it was very useful to study individual differences
c. he developed a method for quantifying "co-relations" that eventually
became the
, correlation coefficient
d. he rejected the idea that the environment played a significant role
in intelligence
Question 5:
To study intelligence, Galton
a. limited himself to survey research
b. made comparisons among species (i.e., he was an important
comparative psychologist)
c. noted similarities in the intelligence of twin pairs
d. developed mental tests that emphasized thinking and problem
solving tasks
Question 6:
Malthus believed all of the following except
a. government has a responsibility to aid the poor
b. there is an inevitable struggle for existence in nature
c. population growth occurs more rapidly than increases in the food
supply
d. during times of shortages, only the most fit will survive
Question 7:
What did Galton discover in his studies of association?
a. making several consecutive walks along Pall Mall, he noticed that
associations tended to
repeat themselves
b. he was surprised at how few associations he was able to make to
common words
c. it led him to reject the idea of an unconscious
d. most of his free associations had sexual content
Question 8:
In the subtitle to one of his books, Galton popularized the phrase
a. survival of the fittest
b. nature and nurture
c. struggle for existence
d. comparative psychology
Darwin did not publish his theory in the early 1840s. Several factors
contributed. Which of the following was not one of them?
a. he did not want to be associated with the author of Vestiges of Creation
b. he did not think he had enough empirical support for the theory
c. ill health slowed him
d.he did not have his theory worked out until the late 1850s
Question 2:
Which of the following is true about Darwin’s visit to the Galápagos
Islands?
a) While on the island, Darwin had his a-ha moment and came up with his
theory of natural selection
b) The finches would eventually be important, but Darwin didn't realize it at
the time
c) Darwin observed the emergence of new species of finches while he was
there
d) Darwin made important geological discoveries on the islands but did not
collect evidence to support his evolutionary theory
Question 3:
Seeing a dog open a gate, ___ would be impressed with the reasoning
and foresight involved, while ___ would interpret it as the result of
trial-and-error learning.
a. Romanes; Morgan
b. Morgan; Romanes
c. Galton; Romanes
d. Darwin; Morgan
Question 4:
All of the following are true of Sir Francis Galton except
a. he was obsessed with the idea of collecting data ("whenever you can,
count")
b. he believed it was more important to study general principles of
human behavior; he
didn't think it was very useful to study individual differences
c. he developed a method for quantifying "co-relations" that eventually
became the
, correlation coefficient
d. he rejected the idea that the environment played a significant role
in intelligence
Question 5:
To study intelligence, Galton
a. limited himself to survey research
b. made comparisons among species (i.e., he was an important
comparative psychologist)
c. noted similarities in the intelligence of twin pairs
d. developed mental tests that emphasized thinking and problem
solving tasks
Question 6:
Malthus believed all of the following except
a. government has a responsibility to aid the poor
b. there is an inevitable struggle for existence in nature
c. population growth occurs more rapidly than increases in the food
supply
d. during times of shortages, only the most fit will survive
Question 7:
What did Galton discover in his studies of association?
a. making several consecutive walks along Pall Mall, he noticed that
associations tended to
repeat themselves
b. he was surprised at how few associations he was able to make to
common words
c. it led him to reject the idea of an unconscious
d. most of his free associations had sexual content
Question 8:
In the subtitle to one of his books, Galton popularized the phrase
a. survival of the fittest
b. nature and nurture
c. struggle for existence
d. comparative psychology
