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Aversion Therapy - --A form of counter conditioning where a CS is paired with an aversive US
Backward Training - --A chaining procedure where training begins with the last link in the chain and adds preceding links in reverse order
The brown-headed cowbird deposits its eggs in the nests of other birds. This is most likely a - --fixed action pattern
Natural selection is often - --behind the times
Balster and colleagues suggest that inhumane treatment of research animals is - --bad science
Any variable an experimenter manipulates is a/an ________ variable. - --independent
In her study of baboons, Shirley Strum found that the most successful males were - --less aggressive than other males.
Natural selection is illustrated by changes in the colouration of the Peppered Moth resulting from - --
industrial pollution
The kind of study that is most likely to involve a large number of subjects is one with a/an - --
between-subjects design
In group-design experiments, researchers often use _________ to reduce differences among participants. - --matched sampling In a cumulative record, learning is indicated by change in response - --rate
A teacher who looks for an increase in the number of correct performances per minute is using _______ as a measure of learning. - --fluency
E. O. Wilson suggests that there are two FAPs in humans: the incest taboo and - --biophilia
Tropical army ants appear to be marching together toward an objective, but they are actually following - --a chemical trail
Darwin founded his theory of evolution on the work of Gregor Mendel. - --False
In the fox-breeding experiment, researchers selectively mated foxes that displayed ________ behavior
- --dog-like
Probably the reason the world seems relatively stable is that we don't live long enough to see many drastic changes - --True
Darwin believed that there were no human instincts - --False
Speed and rate are different terms for the same measure of learning - --False
It is sometimes difficult to say whether an event represents behavior or physiology - --True
All reflexes contribute to survival - --False
Response _________ refers to the time that passes before a response occurs. - --latency
Repeated exposure to a stimulus that evokes a reflex response results in - --habituation
One thing researchers can control better with animal subjects than with human subjects is - --genetic history
is a biological mechanism for adapting to change - --Learning
Learning is a ______ in _________ due to ______ - --change, behavior, experience
A stimulus is an environmental event that is capable of affecting - --behavior
Natural Selection - --The tendency for favorable characteristics to survive and unfavorable characteristics to die out
Who originally said that change is the only constant - --Lucretius
What type of observations did Darwin use to support his theory - --Animal observation
Describe Dawkins's pebbly beach analogy for natural selection - --Smaller pebbles run along the beach
and larger ones in different areas due to the waves.
Mutation - --Any changes to a gene
Describe a mutation's relationship to survival and natural selection - --Mutations can make changes detrimental to survival, or have no consequence, or can put an individual at risk.
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