Question 1

Biophilia is innate, but biophobia is learned.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Bacteria are bad for human health.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following is not an example of a neotenous feature?

Accepted Answer

A) wide smile 
B) big eyes 
C) high forehead 
D) small nose 
A) wide smile 
B) big eyes 
C) high forehead 
D) small nose

Question 4

Which of the following is false regarding people's connection to other species?

Accepted Answer

A) From a very young age people display the desire to protect nonhuman animals. 
B) When people observe animals, they commonly attribute human qualities and behaviors to them. 
C) It is normal for children and adults to show cruelty toward other species. 
D) Close encounters with wild animals are the primary enticement driving ecotourism. 
A) From a very young age people display the desire to protect nonhuman animals. 
B) When people observe animals, they commonly attribute human qualities and behaviors to them. 
C) It is normal for children and adults to show cruelty toward other species. 
D) Close encounters with wild animals are the primary enticement driving ecotourism.

Question 5

Which of the following is false about biophilic architectural design?

Accepted Answer

A) Biophilic design is informed by an ethic of environmental sustainability. 
B) Biophilic design is based on theory and research about how humans respond positively to natural materials, lighting, and shapes. 
C) Biophilic design is intended to foster a sense of attachment to place. 
D) Biophilic architects are basically doing what Frank Lloyd Wright did nearly a century ago. 
A) Biophilic design is informed by an ethic of environmental sustainability. 
B) Biophilic design is based on theory and research about how humans respond positively to natural materials, lighting, and shapes. 
C) Biophilic design is intended to foster a sense of attachment to place. 
D) Biophilic architects are basically doing what Frank Lloyd Wright did nearly a century ago.

Question 6

Which of the following is false about children's understanding of the natural world?

Accepted Answer

A) It appears to benefit from an innate tendency to perceive, categorize, and think about living things. 
B) It tends to be simplistic and inaccurate when children lack firsthand experience in nature. 
C) A basic understanding of differences between living and non-living things shows up in the first years of life. 
D) It appears to be fairly consistent and equally nuanced across cultures. 
A) It appears to benefit from an innate tendency to perceive, categorize, and think about living things. 
B) It tends to be simplistic and inaccurate when children lack firsthand experience in nature. 
C) A basic understanding of differences between living and non-living things shows up in the first years of life. 
D) It appears to be fairly consistent and equally nuanced across cultures.

Question 7

What are restorative environments, and what are their typical characteristics? Describe the two leading theories about why some natural settings are restorative?

Accepted Answer

Restorative environments are natural or

Question 8

Which of the following is false regarding people's attachment to nonhuman animals.

Accepted Answer

A) When surveyed, pet owners reported that relationships with their pets were more secure than relationships with their romantic partners. 
B) Although humans clearly become emotionally attached to animal companions, this attachment does not extend to robotic animals. 
C) People's bereavement when an animal dies can be just as significant as when a loved human dies. 
D) When surveyed, pet owners reported that animals companions were as good, or better, than humans at providing emotional support. 
A) When surveyed, pet owners reported that relationships with their pets were more secure than relationships with their romantic partners. 
B) Although humans clearly become emotionally attached to animal companions, this attachment does not extend to robotic animals. 
C) People's bereavement when an animal dies can be just as significant as when a loved human dies. 
D) When surveyed, pet owners reported that animals companions were as good, or better, than humans at providing emotional support.

Question 9

Wilderness is ""nature,"" but groomed gardens are not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The results of experiments in which participants engage in cognitively demanding tasks before seeking restoration in nature provide support for

Accepted Answer

A) Attention Restoration Theory 
B) the psycho-evolutionary theory 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B 
A) Attention Restoration Theory 
B) the psycho-evolutionary theory 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B

Question 11

Which of the following is false about the term nature-deficit disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) It describes the negative effects when children miss out on critical experiences in nature during their development. 
B) It describes a phenomenon that is on the rise in the industrialized world. 
C) It is an official diagnostic category in the DSM-V. 
D) The deficit it describes are both mental and physical. 
A) It describes the negative effects when children miss out on critical experiences in nature during their development. 
B) It describes a phenomenon that is on the rise in the industrialized world. 
C) It is an official diagnostic category in the DSM-V. 
D) The deficit it describes are both mental and physical.

Question 12

Which of the following best describes the concept of the Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness (EEA)?

Accepted Answer

A) EEA refers to the specific time period during which human evolution culminated. 
B) EEA refers to a set of conditions to which humans are currently best adapted. 
C) EEA refers to what would be the ideal environment for humans to create for themselves. 
D) EEA refers to the the environments that have, and continue, to shape human evolution. 
A) EEA refers to the specific time period during which human evolution culminated. 
B) EEA refers to a set of conditions to which humans are currently best adapted. 
C) EEA refers to what would be the ideal environment for humans to create for themselves. 
D) EEA refers to the the environments that have, and continue, to shape human evolution.

Question 13

Why might experiences in nature be essential for optimal child development? Describe the theoretical basis for the idea that natural environments contain features that uniquely support development.

Accepted Answer

Experiences in nature are essential for

Question 14

Biophilia can encompass both positive and negative affiliation with nature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which one of the following concepts is most directly linked to environmental stewardship?

Accepted Answer

A) place attachment 
B) biophilia 
C) soliphilia 
D) sense of place 
A) place attachment 
B) biophilia 
C) soliphilia 
D) sense of place

Question 16

Which of the following is false regarding research on restorative benefits of nature?

Accepted Answer

A) People are not innately drawn to environments that are likely to be restorative for them. 
B) Research evidence is mixed when it comes to the restorative effects of indoor plants. 
C) Pphotographs of nature can reduce stress, improve mood, and relieve mental fatigue. 
D) A natural view out a window can benefit physical and mental health. 
A) People are not innately drawn to environments that are likely to be restorative for them. 
B) Research evidence is mixed when it comes to the restorative effects of indoor plants. 
C) Pphotographs of nature can reduce stress, improve mood, and relieve mental fatigue. 
D) A natural view out a window can benefit physical and mental health.

Question 17

A term coined to describe a melancholic feeling when one's beloved landscape is threatened by environmental hazards is

Accepted Answer

A) place attachment 
B) soliphilia 
C) sense of place 
D) solistalgia 
A) place attachment 
B) soliphilia 
C) sense of place 
D) solistalgia

Question 18

Which of the following is not accurate with regard to the results of research on the benefits of contact with nature?

Accepted Answer

A) To be beneficial, humans' contact with nature must involve some sort of physical interaction. 
B) In some studies, simulated nature has proven more beneficial than no nature. 
C) Humans benefit from contact with many varieties of nature. 
D) Humans derive multiple benefits from contact with nature. 
A) To be beneficial, humans' contact with nature must involve some sort of physical interaction. 
B) In some studies, simulated nature has proven more beneficial than no nature. 
C) Humans benefit from contact with many varieties of nature. 
D) Humans derive multiple benefits from contact with nature.

Question 19

Which of the following best captures Theodore Rozsak's idea of the ""ecological unconscious""?

Accepted Answer

A) Humans' ecologically damaging behaviors derive from unconscious conflicts and desires. 
B) Modern living forces people to repress ecological concern into their unconscious minds. 
C) although we may not be consciously aware of it, humans possess a 
D) all living things are connected through a collective unconscious. 
A) Humans' ecologically damaging behaviors derive from unconscious conflicts and desires. 
B) Modern living forces people to repress ecological concern into their unconscious minds. 
C) although we may not be consciously aware of it, humans possess a 
D) all living things are connected through a collective unconscious.

Question 20

What features do natural play settings have that built play settings lack? How is children's play in natural settings different than their play in built settings?

Accepted Answer

Natural play settings have several featu

Biophilia is innate, but biophobia is learned.

Bacteria are bad for human health.

Which of the following is not an example of a neotenous feature?

Which of the following is false regarding people's connection to other species?

Which of the following is false about biophilic architectural design?

Which of the following is false about children's understanding of the natural world?

What are restorative environments, and what are their typical characteristics? Describe the two leading theories about why some natural settings are restorative?

Which of the following is false regarding people's attachment to nonhuman animals.

Wilderness is ""nature,"" but groomed gardens are not.

The results of experiments in which participants engage in cognitively demanding tasks before seeking restoration in nature provide support for

Which of the following is false about the term nature-deficit disorder?

Which of the following best describes the concept of the Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness (EEA)?

Why might experiences in nature be essential for optimal child development? Describe the theoretical basis for the idea that natural environments contain features that uniquely support development.

Biophilia can encompass both positive and negative affiliation with nature.

Which one of the following concepts is most directly linked to environmental stewardship?

Which of the following is false regarding research on restorative benefits of nature?

A term coined to describe a melancholic feeling when one's beloved landscape is threatened by environmental hazards is

Which of the following is not accurate with regard to the results of research on the benefits of contact with nature?

Which of the following best captures Theodore Rozsak's idea of the ""ecological unconscious""?

What features do natural play settings have that built play settings lack? How is children's play in natural settings different than their play in built settings?

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Psychology Can Help Save the Planet

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Its Not Easy Thinking Green

Putting the I in Environment

To Be Green or Not to Be Green Its a Question of Motivation

Making Ourselves Sick

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Together

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Exam 10: Healing the Split Between Planet and Self

Biophilia is innate, but biophobia is learned.

Bacteria are bad for human health.

Which of the following is not an example of a neotenous feature?

Which of the following is false regarding people's connection to other species?

Which of the following is false about biophilic architectural design?

Which of the following is false about children's understanding of the natural world?

What are restorative environments, and what are their typical characteristics? Describe the two leading theories about why some natural settings are restorative?

Which of the following is false regarding people's attachment to nonhuman animals.

Wilderness is ""nature,"" but groomed gardens are not.

The results of experiments in which participants engage in cognitively demanding tasks before seeking restoration in nature provide support for

Which of the following is false about the term nature-deficit disorder?

Which of the following best describes the concept of the Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness (EEA)?

Why might experiences in nature be essential for optimal child development? Describe the theoretical basis for the idea that natural environments contain features that uniquely support development.

Biophilia can encompass both positive and negative affiliation with nature.

Which one of the following concepts is most directly linked to environmental stewardship?

Which of the following is false regarding research on restorative benefits of nature?

A term coined to describe a melancholic feeling when one's beloved landscape is threatened by environmental hazards is

Which of the following is not accurate with regard to the results of research on the benefits of contact with nature?

Which of the following best captures Theodore Rozsak's idea of the ""ecological unconscious""?

What features do natural play settings have that built play settings lack? How is children's play in natural settings different than their play in built settings?

What on Earth Are We Doing

How Did We Get Here Power, Privilege, and a Paradigm Problem

Where Do We Go From Here Applying an Ecological Worldview

Psychology Can Help Save the Planet

The Power of the Unsustainable Situation

Its Not Easy Thinking Green

Putting the I in Environment

To Be Green or Not to Be Green Its a Question of Motivation

Making Ourselves Sick

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Together

Filters