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PSYC 602 Exam Questions With Complete Solutions_________ may be exceptionally and uniquely gullible
compared to other creatures Correct Answer *c. Humans
1. Based on Dr. Wiss, which of the following is not a response
of animals when facing threats? Correct Answer a. Float
b. Flight
c. Fight
d. Freeze
3. True or False. System 1 processing uses heuristics. Correct
Answer *True
False
3. Which of the statements about epigenetic is wrong? Correct
Answer *a. Prenatal environment influences offspring and
usually ends in one generation.
b. Prenatal environment influences offspring, and the effect
persists in generations.
c. Epigenetic influences can be observed in most mammals.
d. Epigenetic influences include psychological and physiological
changes of the offspring without DNA changes.
5. According to Dr. Wiss, what statement about evolutionary
psychology is right? Correct Answer *a. Not everything has an
evolutionary explanation.
,b. Things people do are most likely to be evolved tendencies,
and evolutionary theories can explain them.
c. Evolutionary psychology has no relevance to human behavior.
d. Evolutionary psychology solely relies on cultural influences
rather than biological factors.
6. Which disorder is heavily believed to be related to genetics?
Correct Answer *a. Schizophrenia
b. Type 2 diabetes
c. Sunburns
d. Seasonal allergies
According to evolutionary psychology, what is the primary
driving force behind the development of human psychological
traits? Correct Answer a. Societal expectations
b. Genetic mutations
c. Cultural experiences
*d. Natural selection
According to G & McB, which of the following makes an
efficient memory system? Correct Answer a. Ability to encode
and retrieve all learned information
b. Ability to encode experiences as verbal descriptions
*c. Ability to selectively forget less useful information
d. Ability to associate memories with specific symbols or stimuli
According to Hobbes's 3 causes of violence, what is the most
common reason a majority of homicides occur? Correct Answer
a. Competition
b. Diffidence
*c. Issues of glory, honor, and disrespect
,d.None of the Above
According to McCauley et al., what are the two crucial
representations that an effective forgiveness mechanism should
possess? Correct Answer *a. Exploitation risk and relationship
value
b. Memory retrieval and direct observation
c. Retaliation risk and social inquiry
d. Genetic relatedness and cultural group membership
According to McCauley et al., what is the primary adaptive
problem that evolutionary psychologists believe led to the
emergence of forgiveness psychology? Correct Answer a.
Competition for resources
*b. Exploitation in social interactions
c. Genetic relatedness among individuals
d. Acts of retaliation
According to Miller, what is one of the factors that drives
conspicuous consumption? Correct Answer *a. status seeking
b. self-esteem
c. efficiency
d. peer pressure
According to Pinker, which of the following is not a reason for
violence? Correct Answer Competition
Issues of glory
*Dominance
Issues of disrespect
Distrust
, According to Pinker, which of the following is not part of the
three spheres of morality that pertain to moral judgement?
Correct Answer a. Autonomy
*b. Reasoning
c. Community
d. Divinity
According to Reading Group 4's article, forgiveness is positively
associated with which of the following? Correct Answer a.
retaliation
b. anger
*c. empathy
d. avoidance
According to Solloway, in terms of the Big Five personality
dimensions, what is the only trait laterborns should score higher
in? Correct Answer a. Agreeableness
b. Conscientiousness
c. Extraversion
*d. Openness
According to Solloway's metanalysis on birth order, which Big
Five personality dimension yields a conflicting result where
BOTH positive and negative studies are more significant than
chance expectation? Correct Answer a. Openness
b. Conscientiousness
c. Agreeableness
*d. Extraversion
According to Sulloway in "Birth Order and Evolutionary
Psychology: A Meta-Analytic Overview", why is birth order
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