Multiple Choice Questions
- In the story at the beginning of chapter two, the characteristics of the twins that appeared to be due to nature included
a. their talent for dance.
b. their facial expressions.
c. their gestures.
d. all of these.
- In the story at the beginning of chapter two, the characteristics of the twins that appeared to be due to nurture included their
a. religion.
b. facial expressions.
c. gestures.
d. talents.
- In cases of identical twins where they were separated at birth and then reunited, researchers would be most interested in the effects of _ on who they have become.
a. nature and nurture
b. stability and change
c. continuity and discontinuity
d. quantitative and qualitative changes
- Biologists classify living thing into groups, including
a. kingdom.
b. order.
c. genus.
d. all of these.
- Humans share __ with apes and monkeys.
a. the genus homo
b. the species sapiens
c. the order primates
d. none of these
- The name of the human genus is
a. Mammalia.
b. Primates.
c. Animalia.
d. Homo.
- Homo sapiens is Latin for
a. “walks upright.”
b. “wise human being.”
c. “like but evolved species.”
d. “uses language.”
- Compared to other primates, human offspring
a. are large for the size of their mothers.
b. have physical functions that mature very slowly.
c. are weaned earlier.
d. are characterized by all of these.
- Humans survive
a. because our bodies are adapted for particular environments.
b. because our flexible brains help us adapt in a wide variety of environments.
c. because humans were large animals that were less likely to be killed by predators.
d. due to none of these reasons.
- Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the human brain?
a. It has specialized brain structures not found in other primate brains.
b. It is large compared to the rest of the human body.
c. It has greater volume in the areas responsible for complex thought than other animals.
d. It is flexible, which helps us adapt to a wide variety of environments.