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The effect in the atmosphere caused by excess carbon dioxide:
a. the greenhouse effect b. ozone decay c. pollution d. temperature inversion |
a. the green house effect
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The smell and dangerous chemical from new carpets is:
a. dioxin b. asbestos c. ozone d. formaldehyde |
d. formaldehyde
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The two studies by Meadows et al showed:
a. things had improved after twenty years b. pollution has leveled off c. after twenty years, things are worse than expected d. some things improved, others got worse |
c. after twenty years, things are worse than expected
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Mossman's amphibole hypothesis claims:
a. chrysotile does not cause cancer b. amphinole does not cause cancer c. abestos does not cause cancer d. no more lead in children's blood |
b. amphinole does not cause cancer
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The studies of lead in children show:
a. no improvement in lead in children b. less lead in the blood of children c. more lead in children's blood d. no more lead in children's blood |
b. less lead in the blood of children
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Each gram of fat contains:
a. six calories b. seven calories c. eight calories d. nine calories |
d. nine calories
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Dioxin is linked to:
a. no harmful disease b. only one harmful disease c. more than three harmful diseases d. only chlorance |
c. more than three harmful diseases
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The cause of ozone depletion is:
a. the ground water cycle b. CFC's c. PCB's d. DDT |
b. CFC's
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The only human behavior linked to a gene is:
a. harm avoidance b. neurotic behavior c. novelty seeking d. control |
c. novelty seeking
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Langer showed that giving older people more control
a. exhausts them b. makes them happy c. makes them fight too much d. makes them live longer |
d. makes them live longer
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The fact that a trait survives for millions of years:
a. means it was useful to survival b. means it was purely an accident c. could mean it was useful, could be an accident d. must mean something |
c. could mean it was useful, could be an accident
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The sociologists believe:
a. most human behavior is controlled by genes b. some specific behavior is controlled by genes c. all behavior is learned d. most behavior is learned, some is genetic |
a. most behavior is controlled by genes
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Differentiation of species:
a. is a response to the genes b. is a response to the environment c. is just by accident d. stopped long ago |
is a response to the environment
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The goal of psychology of control is a motive to:
a. survive b. enjoy c. mastery d. learn |
c. mastery
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The negative bias means:
a. positive things do not equal negative things b. positive things and negative things are equal c. positive things are stronger than negative things d. none of the above |
a. positive things do not equal negative things
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people tend to remember negative things:
a. as more negative than they really were b. as less negative than they really were c. very selectively; some they remember, some they do not d. with some details left out |
b. as less negative than they really were
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Schwartz found that Western culture emphasized:
a. beneficial values b. spiritual values c. power d. capitalism |
c. power
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HEP says that:
a. humans are part of nature b. humans are above nature c. humans and nature are part of each other d. humans are a little different from most of nature |
b. humans are above nature
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A good example of a nested trap is:
a. smoking b. a mattress in the road c. violence in gangs d. the commons |
c. violence in gangs
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The GAIA hypothesisi is the proposition that:
a. bacteria control the world b. insects control the world c. humans control the world d. bacteria and plants keep oxygen constant |
d. bacteria and plants keep oxygen constant
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Instrumental values can be:
a. changed easily b. changed more easily then terminal values c. changed less easily then terminal values d. almost never changed |
b. changed more easily than terminal values
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Brechner found that:
a. the commons dilemma was an illusion b. the commons dilemma was culturally determined c. the commons dilemma could be demonstrated in the lab d. only some countries could enjoy the commons dilemma |
c. the commons dilemma could be demonstrated in the lab
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The one thing that Schwartz did NOT find as a common value:
a. greed b. spirituality c. power d. negativity |
b. spirituality
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The rule of interdependence says:
a. whatever you do, don't think twice b. whatever you do, hesitate c. whatever you do, you can't do one thing d. whatever you do, don't |
c. whatever you do, you can't do one thing
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The kind of space that encourages conversation is called:
a. sociopetal b. socifugal c. sociobiological d. social |
a. scociopetal
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Proxemics is the science of:
a. facial expressions b. body language c. speaking distances d. language |
c. speaking distances
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The first textbook in environmental psychology was:
a. Bell, Fisher & Loomis b. Hollahan c. McAndrew d. Proshansky, Ittlson & Rivlin |
d. Proshansky, Ittlson & Rivlin
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Ecological psychology:
a. studies individual persons b. studies places c. studies behavior settings d. studies neighborhoods |
c. studies behavior settings
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A principal motive in founding of EDRA was:
a. to make people aware of environmental threats b. to introduce social science to architecture c. to create a new sociology d. to pass new legislation |
b. to introduce social science to architecture
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Discriminate validity refers to:
a. agreement of methods b. disagreement of methods c. ability to tell environments apart d. ability to measure persons in place |
c. ability to tell environments apart
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Among the five pioneers, the least known was:
a. Barker b. Sommer c. Hall d. Alexander |
d. Alexander
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The "invisible bubble" is called":
a. personal space b. proxemics c. ekistics d. social distance |
a. personal space
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The study of perception is concerned with:
a. the distal stimulus b. the proximal stimulus c. the relationship of proximal and distal stimuli d. the meaning of what we see |
c. the relationship of proximal and distal stimuli
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Gibson claims that what we perceive are:
a. affordances b. probabilities c. choices d. gestalts |
a. affordances
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When looking at mountains, most people prefer:
a. the crystal clear pictures b. the misty ones c. ones with snow d. ones that have sharp points |
c. the misty ones
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Studying perception of depth by covering one eye is:
a. an example of the transactional school b. an example of the gestalt school c. an example of the textural school d. an example of reductionism |
d. an example of reductionism
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When a person accuses someone who bumps them of hatered:
a. this is an example of interpretation b. this is an example of attribution c. this is an example of person bias d. this is an example of balance theory |
b. this is an example of of attibution
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You can't smell your own breath because of:
a. Gibson's affordances b. Ames' transactions c. Helson's adaptation theory d. Whorf's hypothesis |
c. Helson's adaptation theory
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Looking at trees form a hospital bed can:
a. be pleasant b. help cure you c. put you to sleep d. have no harmful effect |
b. help cure you
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Proportionately, in the South, more people die of tornadoes:
a. because of fundamental religious faith b. because of faulty perception c. because of fatalism d. because there are lots of tornadoes there |
c. because of fatalism
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Farmers return to floodplains after being flooded:
a. because they believe it is less likely to happen again b. because it will never happen again c. because, even if it does happen again, it doesn't matter d. because they have faith it wont happen to them |
a. because they believe it is less likely to happen again
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Cognitive maps are located:
a. in the cerebral cortex b. in the cerebellum c. in the medulla d. in the hippocampus |
d. in the hippocampus
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People have more trouble judging distance:
a. at intersections with 90 degree corners b. at intersections with 45 degree corners c. at intersections with normal corners d. at intersections that are without traffic |
b. at intersections with 45 degree corners
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The most used aspect of cognitive maps to find one's way is:
a. edges b. paths c. districts d. landmarks |
d. landmarks
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The information storage model means:
a. people think streets with familiar names seem longer b. people think streets with strange names seem longer c. people think streets with no names don't exist d. people think streets with funny names are shorter |
a. people think streets with familiar names seem longer
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The slope effect means:
a. streets on the level seem longer b. streets on an incline seem longer c. streets on a hill are curved d. streets that arc flat are narrower |
b. streets on an incline seem longer
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A problem with the elements of cognitive maps, edges, paths, landmarks, districts, nodes is:
a. how landmarks are organized b. how paths are used c. reliability d. most people can't draw maps |
c. reliability
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If you break up a route into segments:
a. it makes it seem shorter b. it makes it seem more fun c. it makes it seem more complicated d. it makes it seem longer |
d. it makes it seem longer
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If you learn a subject in your bedroom:
a. it doesn't matter where you are tested on it b. it is better to be tested in the same bedroom c. it is better to be tested any place but there d. it is better not to be tested at all |
b. it is better to be tested in the sam bedroom
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The problem of traveling salesmen is:
a. to travel the shortest distance between each point b. to travel a varied distance to each point c. to travel the shortest distance overall d. to travel at a leisurely pace |
c. to travel the shortest distance overall
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