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TEST BANK For Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, 7th Edition by David M. Buss All Chapters Covered 1-13 | A+ GRADED 1. WhichAofAtheAfollowingAquestionsAisANOTAaAfocusAofAevolutionaryApsychology?A(c) (a) WhyAisAtheAmindAdesignedAtheAwayAthatAitAis? (b) HowAdoAtheAcomponentsAofAtheAmindAinteractAwithAtheAenvironment? (c) WhatAisAtheArelationshipAbetweenAtheAhumanAmindAandAtheABigABang? (d) WhatAareAtheAfunctionsAofAtheAcomponentsAofAtheAhumanAmind? 2. EvolutionArefersAto .A(a) (a) changesAinAgeneAfrequencyAwithinAaApopulationAoverAtime (b) differencesAbetweenAspecies (c) changesAoverAtimeAinAtheAshapeAofAtheAhumanAskull (d) differencesAbetweenAmenAandAwomen 3. ChangeAinAlifeAformsAoverAtimeAwasAsuggestedA.A(b) (a) firstAbyADarwin (b) wellAbeforeADarwin’sAtime (c) wellAafterADarwin’sAtime (d) firstAbyAGeorgeAWilliams 4. WhichAofAtheAfollowingAargumentsAdidALamarckApresent?A(d) (a) SpeciesAoriginateAfromAmicroscopicAalgae. (b) SpeciesAprogressAtowardAaAlowerAform. (c) acquisitionAofAinheritedAcharacteristics. (d) inheritanceAofAacquiredAcharacteristics. 5. AccordingAtoACuvier’sAtheoryAofAcatastrophism,AspeciesAare .A(a) (a) exterminatedAbyAsuddenAcatastrophesAandAreplacedAbyAdifferentAspecies (b) irradiatedAbyAsuddenAcatastrophes,AthereafterAreplacingAotherAspecies (c) exterminatedAbyAgradualAeliminationAdueAtoAdisease,AleavingAroomAforAnewAspecies (d) irradiatedAandAextinguished,AandAreplacedAbyAtheAsameAspecies 6. WhichAofAtheAfollowingAcluesAtoAchangeAinAorganicAstructureAoverAtimeAwereAnotAknownAorAnotedApr io rAtoADarwin?A(d) (a) cross-speciesAstructuralAsimilarities (b) cross-speciesAembryologicalAsimilarities (c) apparentAfunctionAofAtraits (d) mechanismAtoAexplainAchangeAinAorganicAstructureAoverAtime 7. WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisANOTAanAexampleAofAgeneticAdrift?A(a) (a) naturalAselection (b) founderAeffect (c) geneticAbottleneck (d) mutation PageA|A4 10. ForAevolutionAtoAwork,AsuccessfulAvariationsAmustAbeA ,AorApassedAdownAreliablyAfromAparent AtoAoffspring.A(d) (a) variated (b) particulated (c) selected (d) inherited 11. TheAprocessAof refersAtoAtheAcomponentAofADarwin’sAtheoryAofAevolutionAthatAstatesAthatAorganismsAwithAsomeA herit ableAattributesAleaveAmoreAoffspringAbecauseAthoseAattributesAhelpAwithAtheAtasksAofAsurvivalAan dAreprod uction.A(c) (a) variation (b) particulation (c) selection (d) inheritance 12. InAcontrastAtoAtheAtheoryAofAnaturalAselection,AwhichAfocusedAonAadaptationsAthatAhaveAarisenAasA aAconsequenceAofAsuccessfulAsurvival,AtheAtheoryAof focusedAonAadaptationsAthatAhaveAarisenAasAaAconsequenceAofAsuccessfulAmating.A(a) (a) sexualAselection (b) internalAselection (c) externalAselection (d) socialAselection 13. TheAworkAofAGregorAMendelAdocumentedAthat .A(c) (a) evolutionAisAunlikelyAtoAhaveAoccurredAinApeaAplants (b) evolutionAisAunlikelyAtoAhaveAoccurredAinApeaAgenes (c) inheritanceAisAparticulate,AnotAblended (d) inheritanceAisAblended,AnotAparticulate 14. A isAtheAsmallestAdiscreteAunitAthatAisAinheritedAbyAoffspringAintact,AwithoutAbeingAbrokenAupAorAb lended.A(d) (a) genotype (b) phenotype (c) meme (d) gene 15. EthologistsAareAinterestedAinAfourAkeyAissues,AwhichAbecameAknownAasAtheAfourA―whys‖AofAbehavio r AadvancedAbyANikoATinbergen,AaAfounderAofAethology.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAnotAoneAofAtheAfou rA―w hys‖AofAbehavior?A(a) (a) imprintedAinfluencesAofAbehavior (b) immediateAinfluencesAofAbehavior (c) developmentalAinfluencesAofAbehavior (d) functionAofAbehavior PageA|A6 16. AccordingAtoAHamiltonA(1954), isAtheAsumAofAclassicalAfitnessAplusAtheAeffectsAtheAindividual’sAactionsAhaveAonAtheAreproductive Asuc cessAofAhisAorAherAgeneticArelatives,AweightedAbyAtheAdegreeAofAgeneticArelatedness.A(c) (a) directAfitness (b) indirectAfitness (c) inclusiveAfitness (d) exclusiveAfitness 17. WhichAofAtheAfollowingArelativesAisAleastArelatedAtoAyou,Agenetically?A(d)

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TEST BANK For Evolutionary Psychology: The
New Science of the Mind, 7th Edition by David M.
Buss All Chapters Covered 1-13 | A+ GRADED

, MultipleAChoiceAQuestions

1. WhichAofAtheAfollowingAquestionsAisANOTAaAfocusAofAevolutionaryApsychology?A(c)

(a) WhyAisAtheAmindAdesignedAtheAwayAthatAitAis?

(b) HowAdoAtheAcomponentsAofAtheAmindAinteractAwithAtheAenvironment?

(c) WhatAisAtheArelationshipAbetweenAtheAhumanAmindAandAtheABigABang?

(d) WhatAareAtheAfunctionsAofAtheAcomponentsAofAtheAhumanAmind?



2. EvolutionArefersAto .A(a)

(a) changesAinAgeneAfrequencyAwithinAaApopulationAoverAtime

(b) differencesAbetweenAspecies

(c) changesAoverAtimeAinAtheAshapeAofAtheAhumanAskull

(d) differencesAbetweenAmenAandAwomen



3. ChangeAinAlifeAformsAoverAtimeAwasAsuggestedA.A(b)

(a) firstAbyADarwin

(b) wellAbeforeADarwin’sAtime

(c) wellAafterADarwin’sAtime

(d) firstAbyAGeorgeAWilliams



4. WhichAofAtheAfollowingAargumentsAdidALamarckApresent?A(d)

(a) SpeciesAoriginateAfromAmicroscopicAalgae.

(b) SpeciesAprogressAtowardAaAlowerAform.



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,(c) acquisitionAofAinheritedAcharacteristics.

(d) inheritanceAofAacquiredAcharacteristics.

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

(a) exterminatedAbyAsuddenAcatastrophesAandAreplacedAbyAdifferentAspecies

(b) irradiatedAbyAsuddenAcatastrophes,AthereafterAreplacingAotherAspecies

(c) exterminatedAbyAgradualAeliminationAdueAtoAdisease,AleavingAroomAforAnewAspecies

(d) irradiatedAandAextinguished,AandAreplacedAbyAtheAsameAspecies



6.
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAcluesAtoAchangeAinAorganicAstructureAoverAtimeAwereAnotAknownAorAnotedApr
io rAtoADarwin?A(d)

(a) cross-speciesAstructuralAsimilarities

(b) cross-speciesAembryologicalAsimilarities

(c) apparentAfunctionAofAtraits

(d) mechanismAtoAexplainAchangeAinAorganicAstructureAoverAtime



7. WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisANOTAanAexampleAofAgeneticAdrift?A(a)

(a) naturalAselection

(b) founderAeffect

(c) geneticAbottleneck

(d) mutation

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




(a) variated

(b) particulated

(c) selected

(d) inherited



11. TheAprocessAof
refersAtoAtheAcomponentAofADarwin’sAtheoryAofAevolutionAthatAstatesAthatAorganismsAwithAsomeA
herit
ableAattributesAleaveAmoreAoffspringAbecauseAthoseAattributesAhelpAwithAtheAtasksAofAsurvivalAan
dAreprod uction.A(c)

(a) variation

(b) particulation

(c) selection

(d) inheritance



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

(a) sexualAselection

(b) internalAselection

(c) externalAselection

(d) socialAselection


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