Exam 1: Introduction:learning to Change

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Why is natural selection helpful to species, but not to individuals?

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The experiments of Harlow and Harlow demonstrated that how monkeys are reared .

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Darwin believed that there were no human instincts.

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The list of alleged human fixed action patterns .

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The word stimulus always refers to events in an organisms surroundings.

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The brown-headed cowbird deposits its eggs in the nests of other birds.This is most likely a .

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One person who raised doubts about the incest taboo is .

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There is evidence that the rate of in fetuses is correlated with intellectual development after birth.

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Modal action patterns are induced by events called .

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In her study of baboons, Shirley Strum found that the most successful males were .

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Experience refers to .

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The color is a releaser for aggression in the male stickleback.

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The gollypod, a fictitious aquatic animal, breaks out in a cold sweat whenever exposed to the sun.This reaction is most likely .

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The author of your text evidently believes that .

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Learning always involves the acquisition of new behaviors.

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Natural selection is illustrated by changes in the coloration of the Peppered Moth resulting from .

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The chief advantage of learning over natural selection as a means of adapting to change is that learning .

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Steven says that he was very nervous when he first attended college classes, but now he feels quite relaxed.Steven's loss of anxiety is most likely an example of .

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The evolution of most species is now complete.

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The rooting of pigs (for worms, larvae, and truffles) is an example of a

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