,Instructor’s Manual for Comparative Cognition:
Multiple Choice Questions
A set of questions that can be used for exams or exam preparation
(Instructor access only. Answers in bold font.)
Mary C. Olmstead and Valerie A. Kuhlmeier
Cambridge University Press
2014/2015
,Chapter 1
1. Which of the following best describes the hallmarks
of comparative cognition?
a) Examining the cognitive processes of animals
and comparing them to
those of other animals.
b) Examining cognitive processes using
experimental procedures.
c) Examining cognitive processes using
experimental procedures
and interpreting the findings within an evolutionary
framework.
d) Examining cognition from an evolutionary
framework.
2. Which of the following is true about cognition?
a) It is also known as knowledge.
b) It is the act of processing information.
c)
It is the mental processes and activities used in
perceiving,
remembering, thinking, and understanding.
d) All of the above.
3. What are the tenets of Darwin’s theory of
evolution by natural selection?
a)
Offspring inherit parents’ characteristics through genes,
variations
among individuals within a species occur spontaneously,
certain
variations will be selected and transmitted across
generations.
b)
Offspring inherit parents’ characteristics, variations
among
individuals within a species occur spontaneously, survival
of the
fittest.
c)
Offspring inherit parents’ characteristics, individuals
within a species
adapt to their environment, survival of the fittest.
d)
Offspring inherit parents’ characteristics through genes,
individuals
within a species adapt to their environment,
survival of the fittest.
4. Which of the following is not true about by-‐
products?
a)
By-‐products are products of natural selection.
, b)
By-‐products are products of evolution.
c)
By-‐products may become adaptive in the future if
environmental
contingencies change.
d)
By-‐products are side effects of adaptations.
Instructor’s Manual for Comparative Cognition: Multiple Choice Questions
pg. 2
Multiple Choice Questions
A set of questions that can be used for exams or exam preparation
(Instructor access only. Answers in bold font.)
Mary C. Olmstead and Valerie A. Kuhlmeier
Cambridge University Press
2014/2015
,Chapter 1
1. Which of the following best describes the hallmarks
of comparative cognition?
a) Examining the cognitive processes of animals
and comparing them to
those of other animals.
b) Examining cognitive processes using
experimental procedures.
c) Examining cognitive processes using
experimental procedures
and interpreting the findings within an evolutionary
framework.
d) Examining cognition from an evolutionary
framework.
2. Which of the following is true about cognition?
a) It is also known as knowledge.
b) It is the act of processing information.
c)
It is the mental processes and activities used in
perceiving,
remembering, thinking, and understanding.
d) All of the above.
3. What are the tenets of Darwin’s theory of
evolution by natural selection?
a)
Offspring inherit parents’ characteristics through genes,
variations
among individuals within a species occur spontaneously,
certain
variations will be selected and transmitted across
generations.
b)
Offspring inherit parents’ characteristics, variations
among
individuals within a species occur spontaneously, survival
of the
fittest.
c)
Offspring inherit parents’ characteristics, individuals
within a species
adapt to their environment, survival of the fittest.
d)
Offspring inherit parents’ characteristics through genes,
individuals
within a species adapt to their environment,
survival of the fittest.
4. Which of the following is not true about by-‐
products?
a)
By-‐products are products of natural selection.
, b)
By-‐products are products of evolution.
c)
By-‐products may become adaptive in the future if
environmental
contingencies change.
d)
By-‐products are side effects of adaptations.
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