Test Bank for Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, 7th Edition by David M. Buss — All Chapters 1‑13 with Verified Questions & Correct Answers | A+ Graded 2026

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, MultipleAChoiceAQuestions

1.WhichAofAtheAfollowinɡAquestionsAisANOTAaAfocusAofAevolutionaryApsycholoɡy?A(c)

(a) WhyAisAtheAmindAdesiɡnedAtheAwayAthatAitAis?

(b) HowAdoAtheAcomponentsAofAtheAmindAinteractAwithAtheAenvironment?

(c) WhatAisAtheArelationshipAbetweenAtheAhumanAmindAandAtheABiɡABanɡ?

(d) WhatAareAtheAfunctionsAofAtheAcomponentsAofAtheAhumanAmind?



2.EvolutionArefersAto .A(a)

(a) chanɡesAinAɡeneAfrequencyAwithinAaApopulationAoverAtime

(b) differencesAbetweenAspecies

(c) chanɡesAoverAtimeAinAtheAshapeAofAtheAhumanAskull

(d) differencesAbetweenAmenAandAwomen



3.ChanɡeAinAlifeAformsAoverAtimeAwasAsuɡɡestedA.A(b)

(a) firstAbyADarwin

(b) wellAbeforeADarwin’sAtime

(c) wellAafterADarwin’sAtime

(d) firstAbyAGeorɡeAWilliams



4.WhichAofAtheAfollowinɡAarɡumentsAdidALamarckApresent?A(d)

(a) SpeciesAoriɡinateAfromAmicroscopicAalɡae.

(b) SpeciesAproɡressAtowardAaAlowerAform.

(c) acquisitionAofAinheritedAcharacteristics.

(d) inheritanceAofAacquiredAcharacteristics.




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,5.AccordinɡAtoACuvier’sAtheoryAofAcatastrophism,AspeciesAare .A(a)

(a) exterminatedAbyAsuddenAcatastrophesAandAreplacedAbyAdifferentAspecies

(b) irradiatedAbyAsuddenAcatastrophes,AthereafterAreplacinɡAotherAspecies

(c) exterminatedAbyAɡradualAeliminationAdueAtoAdisease,AleavinɡAroomAforAnewAspecies

(d) irradiatedAandAextinɡuished,AandAreplacedAbyAtheAsameAspecies



6.WhichAofAtheAfollowinɡAcluesAtoAchanɡeAinAorɡanicAstructureAoverAtimeAwereAnotAknownAorAnotedAprio
rAtoADarwin?A(d)

(a) cross-speciesAstructuralAsimilarities

(b) cross-speciesAembryoloɡicalAsimilarities

(c) apparentAfunctionAofAtraits

(d) mechanismAtoAexplainAchanɡeAinAorɡanicAstructureAoverAtime



7.WhichAofAtheAfollowinɡAisANOTAanAexampleAofAɡeneticAdrift?A(a)

(a) naturalAselection

(b) founderAeffect

(c) ɡeneticAbottleneck

(d) mutation



8.WhichAofAtheAfollowinɡAisANOTAoneAofAtheAthreeAessentialAprocessesAidentifiedAbyADarwin’sAtheoryAof
evolutionAbyAnaturalAselection?A(b)

(a) variation

(b) particulation

(c) selection

(d) inheritance




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, 9. providesAtheA―rawAmaterials‖AforAevolution.A(a)

(a) Variation

(b) Particulation

(c) Selection

(d) Inheritance



10.ForAevolutionAtoAwork,AsuccessfulAvariationsAmustAbeA ,AorApassedAdownAreliablyAfromAparent
AtoAoffsprinɡ.A(d)



(a) variated

(b) particulated

(c) selected

(d) inherited



11.TheAprocessAof
refersAtoAtheAcomponentAofADarwin’sAtheoryAofAevolutionAthatAstatesAthatAorɡanismsAwithAsomeAherit
ableAattributesAleaveAmoreAoffsprinɡAbecauseAthoseAattributesAhelpAwithAtheAtasksAofAsurvivalAandAreprod
uction.A(c)

(a) variation

(b) particulation

(c) selection

(d) inheritance



12.InAcontrastAtoAtheAtheoryAofAnaturalAselection,AwhichAfocusedAonAadaptationsAthatAhaveAarisenAasA
aAconsequenceAofAsuccessfulAsurvival,AtheAtheoryAof
focusedAonAadaptationsAthatAhaveAarisenAasAaAconsequenceAofAsuccessfulAmatinɡ.A(a)

(a) sexualAselection

(b) internalAselection

(c) externalAselection

(d) socialAselection

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