Question 1
The center of much of the research on identical twins has been
France and Italy.
Canada and the United States.
Sweden and Finland.
The former Soviet Union.
Question 2
Recent research on animal behavior suggests that
little of it is instinctive.
almost all of it is instinctive.
much of it is learned and socially transmitted.
animals can have learned behavior without having cultures.
Question 3
According to the author of your text, which of the following is the “right” question to ask about shifts in height in modern nations over the past several decades?
Why did humans suddenly get so large so fast?
Why did humans suddenly get so large and extend their growth period over so many more years?
What kept humans so small and delayed their maturation for so long?
What kept humans so small and sped up their maturation for so long?
Question 4
By the 1930’s, social science had adopted an understanding of the relative roles of biology and the environment in shaping human behavior that
struck a balance between the two.
recognized the complex interaction of these two sets of factors.
strongly favored biological explanations.
almost completely ignored biological explanations.
Question 5
In the Harlows’ study of rhesus monkeys, those infants in their experiment who grew up to be most normal were the ones who were raised in
total isolation.
isolation with their mothers.
isolation with other experimental monkeys.
human families.
baboon families.
Question 6
If a behavior occurs in all normal members of a species without being learned we call it
hormonal.
instinctive
reflexive.
automatic.
programmatic.
Question 7
African Americans are disproportionately represented in which professional sport(s) in the United States?
basketball
boxing
football
all of the above
Question 8
In Harry and Margaret Harlow’s famous experiments raising groups of infant rhesus monkeys under different conditions, there were ____ different groups.
three
nine
two
twelve
