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, Multiple Choice Questions cn cn
1. Which of the following questions is NOT a focus of evolutionary psychology? (c)
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(a) Why is the mind designed the way that it is?
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(b) How do the components of the mind interact with the environment?
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(c) What is the relationship between the human mind and the Big Bang?
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(d) What are the functions of the components of the human mind?
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2. Evolution refers to
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(a) changes in gene frequency within a population over time
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(b) differences between species cn cn
(c) changes over time in the shape of the human skull
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(d) differences between men and women cn cn cn cn
3. Change in life forms over time was suggested . (b)
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(a) first by Darwin
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(b) well before Darwin’s time
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(c) well after Darwin’s time
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(d) first by George Williams
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4. Which of the following arguments did Lamarck present? (d)
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(a) Species originate from microscopic algae.
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(b) Species progress toward a lower form.
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(c) acquisition of inherited characteristics. cn cn cn
(d) inheritance of acquired characteristics. cn cn cn
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,5. According to Cuvier’s theory of catastrophism, species are
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(a) exterminated by sudden catastrophes and replaced by different species
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(b) irradiated by sudden catastrophes, thereafter replacing other species
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(c) exterminated by gradual elimination due to disease, leaving room for new species
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(d) irradiated and extinguished, and replaced by the same species
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6. Which of the following clues to change in organic structure over time were not known or noted prior to
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Darwin? (d)
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(b) cross-species embryological similarities cn cn
(c) apparent function of traits cn cn cn
(d) mechanism to explain change in organic structure over time
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7. Which of the following is NOT an example of genetic drift? (a)
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(a) natural selection cn
(b) founder effect cn
(c) genetic bottleneck cn
(d) mutation
8. Which of the following is NOT one of the three essential processes identified by Darwin’s theory of
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evolution by natural selection? (b)
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(a) variation
(b) particulation
(c) selection
(d) inheritance
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, 9. provides the ―raw materials‖ for evolution. (a)
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(a) Variation
(b) Particulation
(c) Selection
(d) Inheritance
10. For evolution to work, successful variations must be , or passed down reliably from parent to
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offspring. (d)
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(b) particulated
(c) selected
(d) inherited
11. The process of
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refers to the component of Darwin’s theory of evolution that states that organisms with some heritabl
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e attributes leave more offspring because those attributes help with the tasks of survival and reproduction.
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(c)
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(a) variation
(b) particulation
(c) selection
(d) inheritance
12. In contrast to the theory of natural selection, which focused on adaptations that have arisen as a c
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onsequence of successful survival, the theory of
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focused on adaptations that have arisen as a consequence of successful mating. (a)
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(a) sexual selection cn
(b) internal selection cn
(c) external selection cn
(d) social selection cn
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, Multiple Choice Questions cn cn
1. Which of the following questions is NOT a focus of evolutionary psychology? (c)
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(a) Why is the mind designed the way that it is?
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(b) How do the components of the mind interact with the environment?
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(c) What is the relationship between the human mind and the Big Bang?
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(d) What are the functions of the components of the human mind?
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2. Evolution refers to
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(a) changes in gene frequency within a population over time
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(b) differences between species cn cn
(c) changes over time in the shape of the human skull
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(d) differences between men and women cn cn cn cn
3. Change in life forms over time was suggested . (b)
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(a) first by Darwin
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(b) well before Darwin’s time
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(c) well after Darwin’s time
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(d) first by George Williams
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4. Which of the following arguments did Lamarck present? (d)
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(a) Species originate from microscopic algae.
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(b) Species progress toward a lower form.
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(c) acquisition of inherited characteristics. cn cn cn
(d) inheritance of acquired characteristics. cn cn cn
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,5. According to Cuvier’s theory of catastrophism, species are
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(a) exterminated by sudden catastrophes and replaced by different species
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(b) irradiated by sudden catastrophes, thereafter replacing other species
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(c) exterminated by gradual elimination due to disease, leaving room for new species
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(d) irradiated and extinguished, and replaced by the same species
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6. Which of the following clues to change in organic structure over time were not known or noted prior to
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Darwin? (d)
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(a) cross-species structural similarities cn cn
(b) cross-species embryological similarities cn cn
(c) apparent function of traits cn cn cn
(d) mechanism to explain change in organic structure over time
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7. Which of the following is NOT an example of genetic drift? (a)
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(a) natural selection cn
(b) founder effect cn
(c) genetic bottleneck cn
(d) mutation
8. Which of the following is NOT one of the three essential processes identified by Darwin’s theory of
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evolution by natural selection? (b)
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(a) variation
(b) particulation
(c) selection
(d) inheritance
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, 9. provides the ―raw materials‖ for evolution. (a)
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(a) Variation
(b) Particulation
(c) Selection
(d) Inheritance
10. For evolution to work, successful variations must be , or passed down reliably from parent to
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offspring. (d)
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(a) variated
(b) particulated
(c) selected
(d) inherited
11. The process of
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refers to the component of Darwin’s theory of evolution that states that organisms with some heritabl
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e attributes leave more offspring because those attributes help with the tasks of survival and reproduction.
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(c)
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(a) variation
(b) particulation
(c) selection
(d) inheritance
12. In contrast to the theory of natural selection, which focused on adaptations that have arisen as a c
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onsequence of successful survival, the theory of
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focused on adaptations that have arisen as a consequence of successful mating. (a)
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(a) sexual selection cn
(b) internal selection cn
(c) external selection cn
(d) social selection cn
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