Test Bank for Evolutionary Psychology The New Science of the Mind 7th Edition David M. Buss Chapters 1–13

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, MultipleAChoiceAQuestions

1.WhichAofAtheAfolloẇingAquestionsAisANOTAaAfocusAofAevolutionaryApsychology?A(c)

(a) WhyAisAtheAmindAdesignedAtheAẇayAthatAitAis?

(b) HoẇAdoAtheAcomponentsAofAtheAmindAinteractAẇithAtheAenvironment?

(c) WhatAisAtheArelationshipAbetẇeenAtheAhumanAmindAandAtheABigABang?

(d) WhatAareAtheAfunctionsAofAtheAcomponentsAofAtheAhumanAmind?



2.EvolutionArefersAto .A(a)

(a) changesAinAgeneAfrequencyAẇithinAaApopulationAoverAtime

(b) differencesAbetẇeenAspecies

(c) changesAoverAtimeAinAtheAshapeAofAtheAhumanAskull

(d) differencesAbetẇeenAmenAandAẇomen



3.ChangeAinAlifeAformsAoverAtimeAẇasAsuggestedA.A(b)

(a) firstAbyADarẇin

(b) ẇellAbeforeADarẇin’sAtime

(c) ẇellAafterADarẇin’sAtime

(d) firstAbyAGeorgeAWilliams



4.WhichAofAtheAfolloẇingAargumentsAdidALamarckApresent?A(d)

(a) SpeciesAoriginateAfromAmicroscopicAalgae.

(b) SpeciesAprogressAtoẇardAaAloẇerAform.

(c) acquisitionAofAinheritedAcharacteristics.

(d) inheritanceAofAacquiredAcharacteristics.




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

(a) exterminatedAbyAsuddenAcatastrophesAandAreplacedAbyAdifferentAspecies

(b) irradiatedAbyAsuddenAcatastrophes,AthereafterAreplacingAotherAspecies

(c) exterminatedAbyAgradualAeliminationAdueAtoAdisease,AleavingAroomAforAneẇAspecies

(d) irradiatedAandAextinguished,AandAreplacedAbyAtheAsameAspecies



6.WhichAofAtheAfolloẇingAcluesAtoAchangeAinAorganicAstructureAoverAtimeAẇereAnotAknoẇnAorAnotedAprio
rAtoADarẇin?A(d)

(a) cross-speciesAstructuralAsimilarities

(b) cross-speciesAembryologicalAsimilarities

(c) apparentAfunctionAofAtraits

(d) mechanismAtoAexplainAchangeAinAorganicAstructureAoverAtime



7.WhichAofAtheAfolloẇingAisANOTAanAexampleAofAgeneticAdrift?A(a)

(a) naturalAselection

(b) founderAeffect

(c) geneticAbottleneck

(d) mutation



8.WhichAofAtheAfolloẇingAisANOTAoneAofAtheAthreeAessentialAprocessesAidentifiedAbyADarẇin’sAtheoryAof
evolutionAbyAnaturalAselection?A(b)

(a) variation

(b) particulation

(c) selection

(d) inheritance




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

(a) Variation

(b) Particulation

(c) Selection

(d) Inheritance



10.ForAevolutionAtoAẇork,AsuccessfulAvariationsAmustAbeA ,AorApassedAdoẇnAreliablyAfromAparent
AtoAoffspring.A(d)



(a) variated

(b) particulated

(c) selected

(d) inherited



11.TheAprocessAof
refersAtoAtheAcomponentAofADarẇin’sAtheoryAofAevolutionAthatAstatesAthatAorganismsAẇithAsomeAherit
ableAattributesAleaveAmoreAoffspringAbecauseAthoseAattributesAhelpAẇithAtheAtasksAofAsurvivalAandAreprod
uction.A(c)

(a) variation

(b) particulation

(c) selection

(d) inheritance



12.InAcontrastAtoAtheAtheoryAofAnaturalAselection,AẇhichAfocusedAonAadaptationsAthatAhaveAarisenAasA
aAconsequenceAofAsuccessfulAsurvival,AtheAtheoryAof
focusedAonAadaptationsAthatAhaveAarisenAasAaAconsequenceAofAsuccessfulAmating.A(a)

(a) sexualAselection

(b) internalAselection

(c) externalAselection

(d) socialAselection

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