An African butterfly that is green in the summer turns brown in the fall thanks to a temperature-controlled genetic switch. This best illustrates that games are:

Related Mcqs:

1. As the large butterfly flew toward Tahir, he could tell it was getting closer because he could feel his eyes turning inward toward his nose as he watched it. In this instance, Tahir was able to judge how far away the butterfly was using the depth cue of:

   A. Relative size
   B. Accommodation
   C. Depth perception
   D. Convergence

2. After noting that a majority of professional basketball players are African-American, Ervin concluded that African-Americans are better athletes than, members of other racial groups Ervin’s conclusion best illustrates the danger of:

   A. The false consensus effect
   B. the hindsight bias
   C. replication
   D. generalizing from vivid cases

3. Almost half the birds in the yard were brown cardinals and the rest were bright red cardinals, so jimmy perceived them as two distinct groups of birds. This best illustrates the principle of:

   A. proximity
   B. relative clarity
   C. similarity
   D. connectedness

4. The story of Clever Hans, the mathematical horse, illustrates the use of controlled observation to test series of:

   A. hypotheses
   B. theories
   C. axioms
   D. learning strategies

5. By the third grade. Timmy who lives in the ghetto, views himself as a failure. He may not succeed in school thanks to the:

   A. Jig- saw classrooms
   B. Self- fulfilling prophesy
   C. Self- serving bias
   D. Fundamental attribution error

6. Babar was at a football game, and even though people wearing green jackets were spread fairly evenly throughout the stands, he still perceived all the people in green jackets as a single group of visiting fans. Babar’s perception is most consistent with the Gestalt principle of:

   A. Constancy
   B. Similarity
   C. Closure
   D. Proximity

7. Ainee has brown hair and blue eyes and is 5’8 tall. what is being described is Ainee’s:

   A. genotype
   B. phenotype
   C. somatotype
   D. physiognomy

8. As a person views picture one way, he sees craters. When he turns it 180 degrees, the craters become bumps, the perceptual phenomena are due to _______________?

   A. linear perspective
   B. convergence
   C. light and shadow
   D. relative position

9. A student who is quite honest turns in the paper of another student as his own. When accused of dishonesty, he says, “nowadays everybody cheats in school, but, I’m always honest.” The student is using which type of defense mechanism?

   A. compensation
   B. projection
   C. identification
   D. repression

10. Furious at her boss for what she considers to be unjust criticism, Tania turns around and takes out her anger on her subordinates. Tania may be using the defense mechanism of:

    A. displacement
    B. reaction formation
    C. identification
    D. replacement