Question 18
If a behavior occurs in all normal members of a species without being learned we call it
hormonal.
instinctive
reflexive.
automatic.
programmatic.
Question 19
According to the author of your text, one of the main reasons that nonhuman animals cannot develop elaborate cultures is because they
lack all forms of noninstinctual communication.
lack efficient communication.
lack the intelligence to develop knowledge they can pass on to their children.
develop elaborate social structures as a replacement for culture.
are physiologically incapable of religious thought and affections.
Question 20
The Vietnam Veterans Study
included all officers and enlisted men who were Vietnam veterans.
yielded a very small number of men who agreed to participate.
included a measure of the level of testosterone for each man who participated in the study.
failed to show any relationship between testosterone and human behavior.
Question 21
A genotype reflects both genetic and environmental influence.
True
False
Question 22
In modern nations, most people a hundred years ago reached their full adult height ____ than people today.
at an older age
at a younger age
at a less uniform age
with more sudden growth spurts
Question 23
The initial scientific reaction to Beatrice and Allen Gardiner’s claims about Washoe the chimp was to
reassess the capacity of chimps to use vocal speech.
disbelief and criticism.
develop applications of their techniques to humans with serious learning and communication deficits.
begin developing the now growing field of primate communication.
begin training researchers to extend their techniques to the study of non-primate higher mammals.
Question 24
Compared to several decades ago, people in modern nations today are growing ____ than before.
less healthy
less sedentary
much faster
more unevenly
Question 25
The field of behavioral genetics
is less than half a century old as a distinct, formal scientific discipline.
has mostly failed to establish any genetic inheritance of any major mental illnesses.
is dominated by a new kind of “pure” biological determinist.
has mostly failed to establish any genetic inheritance of aggressive behavior.
