Chapters 10 Review
PSYCH 434

1. Plato and Aristotle did not believe in evolution for different reasons. Aristotle believed that

the number of pure forms was fixed
God created a fixed number of species and the number could be changed only by God not nature
the number of species was fixed, transmutation from one species to another was impossible
all species are examples of the Gods

2. Spencer’s application of the notion of the survival of the fittest to the study of human societal behavior was called

premature
social Darwinism
Lamarckianism
The Spencer-Bain principle

3. Who formulated a theory of evolution similar to Darwin’s at about the same time that Darwin formulated his own theory?

Lamarck
Spencer
Malthus
Wallace

4. Which of the following did Darwin believe?

humans possess rational powers that make them qualitatively different from other animals
the difference between humans and other animals is only one of degree
only humans have evolved long enough to have lost their aggressive instincts
nothing significant could be learned about humans by studying nonhuman animals

5. After administering his word-association test to himself several times, Galton observed all of the following except

the responses that he gave to some words were not based on any experiences that he had had in his lifetime
many of his associations came from his childhood experiences
his associations revealed mental operations that were unconscious
he often gave the same response to a word each time he encountered it

6. In his research on hypnotism, effects that Binet believed were due to the power of a magnet were found due to

perceptual abnormalities
suggestion
low intelligence
craniometry

7. Binet believed strongly that the major function of his scale was to

identify children who needed special education
select children for certain types of vocational training
place brighter children in special classes so they would not be held back by less intelligent children
determine which children were capable of benefiting from higher education

8. Goddard’s study of the Kallikak family confirmed his

that government must provide for the less fortunate
intelligence level is determined mainly by experience
intelligence is largely inherited
mental retardation can be overcome by special education

9. Terman found all of the following to be true of the children who participated in his study of genius except

they had parents of above-average intelligence
because their intellectual ability developed so quickly and early in life, it was slower than average following childhood
they participated in a wide range of activities
they had learned to read at an early age

10. In what way did Terman revise the Binet-Simon scale of intelligence?

In what way did Terman revise the Binet-Simon scale of intelligence?
he added and deleted items until the average score for each age group was 100
he made it applicable to adults as well as children
he freed it from cultural biases

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