PSYC 341 Quiz 7 (Version 2) - Questions and Answers

PSYC 341 Quiz 7 Question 1 Which of the following is not one of the distinct outcomes of the evolutionary process of natural selection, sexual selection, and chance? Question 2 mechanisms are internal and specific cognitive, motivational, and personality systems that solve specific survival and reproduction problems. Question 3 Psychological mechanisms relevant to personality can be grouped into main categories. Question 4 According to an analysis done by Nettle on the Big Five dimensions of personality, identify a fitness cost that was associated with having an extraverted personality during ancestral periods of evolution. Question 5 One environmental source of personality differences is what Buss termed , by which he meant that childhood experiences make some behavioral strategies more likely than others. Question 6 Buss argues for essentially the five personality dimensions (Big Five) proposed by McCrae and Costa but with slightly different terminology. Which is not one of Buss's categories? Question 7 is marked by a tendency to take risks and to experience positive emotion (i.e., be happy) and initiating and maintaining friendships and Question 8 Vincent feels that his parents neglect him and pay more attention to his brother, Mark. Mark regularly gets higher grades than Vincent. Vincent always outperforms his brother in football and basketball. In order to gain his parents' attention, Vincent decides to be more academic. He stays back after class to learn new concepts, gets himself a tutor, and takes tests online to assess his learning. Which of the following statements is most likely true about the scenario? Question 9 Ever since Charles Darwin, it has been clear that all life forms are confronted with two fundamental problems of adaptation, namely and . Question 10 The adaptive personality system that revolves around one's capacity and commitment to work is .......................................CONTINUED.........................................