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tomsurvivemand mavoid mpredators.mThismmeansmthat mthempopulationmof mred-
mfeathered mbirdsmwillmincreaseminmfuturemgenerations.mThismillustratesmthemprocessmof
A) geneticmselection.
B) naturalmadaptation.
C) naturalmselection.
D) geneticmsurvival.
2) introduced mthemtheorymof mevolutionmbymnaturalmselectionminm1859.
A) Sigmund mFreud
B) CharlesmDarwin
C) StephenmHawking
D) WilhelmmWundt
3) If mambaboonmlearnsmtomeat mdifferent mkindsmof mfruit minstead mof mrelyingmonmonlymonemkind mformi
tsmnutritivemneeds,mwemwould marguemthat mthismbehaviormpromotesmitsmsurvival.mThus,mthembehav
iormis
A) adaptive.
B) aggressive.
C) dominant.
D) submissive.
4) Evolutionmtakesmplace
A) overmthemcoursemof mmanymgenerations.
B) almost mimmediately.
C) whenmamspeciesmismreadymformit.
D) becausemof mactivemattemptsmat mchangemonmthempart mof mamspecies.
5) Psychology'smnewest mapproach,m
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t"minmshapingmbehavior.
A) behavioralmpsychology
B) humanisticmpsychology
C) cognitivempsychology
D) evolutionarympsychology
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.mThat mis,mthemmechanismsmapplymonlymtomamspecificmaspect mof mamperson'smpsychological mmake
up.
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7) Whichmof mthemfollowingmstatementsmismtruemof mevolutionarymdevelopmentalmpsychology?
A) Manymevolved mpsychologicalmmechanismsmapplymonlymtomamspecificmaspect mof mamperso
n'smpsychologicalmmakeup.
B) Themmind mismamgeneral-purposemdevicemthat mcanmbemapplied mequallymtomamvast marraymof mproblems.
C) Allmbehaviorsmthat mweremadaptivemformourmprehistoricmancestorsmservemusmwellmtoday.
D) Evolutionmhasmnot mimpacted mhumanmdevelopment.
8) Themfood-
scarcemenvironment mof mourmancestorsm likelymled mtomhumans'mpropensitymtomgorgemwhenmfood misma
vailablemand mtomcravemhigh-
caloricmfoods,mamtrait mthat mmight mlead mtomanmepidemicmof mobesitymwhenmfood mismplentiful.mThism illu
stratesmhow
A) socializationminfluencesmthemdevelopment mof mbehaviormand mcognitivemskillsminmhumanmbeings.
B) evolved mmechanismsmaremnot malwaysmadaptiveminmcontemporarymsociety.
C) organismsmpassmonmcharacteristicsmtheymacquiremduringmtheirmlifetimemtomtheirmoffspring.
D) thembenefitsmof mevolutionarymselectionmdecreasemwithmage.
9) Inmthemcontext mof mevolutionarympsychology,mAlbert mBanduram(1998)macknowledged mthat
A) "one-sided mevolutionism"mismprimarily mused mtomexplainmsocialmbehavior.
B) evolutionarympressuresmcreated mchangesminmbiologicalmstructures.
C) evolutionmdictated mbehavior.
D) socialmbehaviormismstrictlymamproduct mof mevolved mbiology.
10) Asmanmalternativemtom"
evolutionism"mpresented minmevolutionarympsychology, mAlbert mBanduramproposed mam view.
A) bidirectional;munidirectional
B) one-sided;mbidirectional
C) dynamic;mlinear
D) balanced;mbiased
11) Amfertilized mhumanmeggmcannot mgrow mintomamcrocodile,mduck,mormfishmspecificallymbecausemof
A) socialminfluence.
B) environmentalminfluence.
C) adaptivembehavior.
D) geneticmcode.
12) ismamcomplexmmoleculemwithmamdoublemhelixmshape,mlikemamspiralm staircase,m a
nd mcontainsmgeneticminformation.
A) RNA
B) A mchromosome
C) DNA
D) A mribosome
13) ,mthemunitsmof mhereditaryminformation,maremshort msegmentsmof mdeoxyribonucleicmac
id m(DNA).mTheymhelpmcellsmtomreproducemthemselvesmand mtomassemblemproteins.
A) Genes
B) Chromosomes
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eginnings
1) Red-feathered mand mblue-
feathered mbirdsmoccupymthemsamemenvironment.mThembirdsmwithmthemred mfeathersmarembettermablem
tomsurvivemand mavoid mpredators.mThismmeansmthat mthempopulationmof mred-
mfeathered mbirdsmwillmincreaseminmfuturemgenerations.mThismillustratesmthemprocessmof
A) geneticmselection.
B) naturalmadaptation.
C) naturalmselection.
D) geneticmsurvival.
2) introduced mthemtheorymof mevolutionmbymnaturalmselectionminm1859.
A) Sigmund mFreud
B) CharlesmDarwin
C) StephenmHawking
D) WilhelmmWundt
3) If mambaboonmlearnsmtomeat mdifferent mkindsmof mfruit minstead mof mrelyingmonmonlymonemkind mformi
tsmnutritivemneeds,mwemwould marguemthat mthismbehaviormpromotesmitsmsurvival.mThus,mthembehav
iormis
A) adaptive.
B) aggressive.
C) dominant.
D) submissive.
4) Evolutionmtakesmplace
A) overmthemcoursemof mmanymgenerations.
B) almost mimmediately.
C) whenmamspeciesmismreadymformit.
D) becausemof mactivemattemptsmat mchangemonmthempart mof mamspecies.
5) Psychology'smnewest mapproach,m
,memphasizesmthemimportancemof madaptation,mreproduction,mand m"survivalmof mthemfittes
t"minmshapingmbehavior.
A) behavioralmpsychology
B) humanisticmpsychology
C) cognitivempsychology
D) evolutionarympsychology
6) Accordingmtomevolutionarymdevelopmentalmpsychologists,mmanymevolved mpsychologicalmmec
hanismsmarem
.mThat mis,mthemmechanismsmapplymonlymtomamspecificmaspect mof mamperson'smpsychological mmake
up.
A) domain-specific
B) maladjusted
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A) Manymevolved mpsychologicalmmechanismsmapplymonlymtomamspecificmaspect mof mamperso
n'smpsychologicalmmakeup.
B) Themmind mismamgeneral-purposemdevicemthat mcanmbemapplied mequallymtomamvast marraymof mproblems.
C) Allmbehaviorsmthat mweremadaptivemformourmprehistoricmancestorsmservemusmwellmtoday.
D) Evolutionmhasmnot mimpacted mhumanmdevelopment.
8) Themfood-
scarcemenvironment mof mourmancestorsm likelymled mtomhumans'mpropensitymtomgorgemwhenmfood misma
vailablemand mtomcravemhigh-
caloricmfoods,mamtrait mthat mmight mlead mtomanmepidemicmof mobesitymwhenmfood mismplentiful.mThism illu
stratesmhow
A) socializationminfluencesmthemdevelopment mof mbehaviormand mcognitivemskillsminmhumanmbeings.
B) evolved mmechanismsmaremnot malwaysmadaptiveminmcontemporarymsociety.
C) organismsmpassmonmcharacteristicsmtheymacquiremduringmtheirmlifetimemtomtheirmoffspring.
D) thembenefitsmof mevolutionarymselectionmdecreasemwithmage.
9) Inmthemcontext mof mevolutionarympsychology,mAlbert mBanduram(1998)macknowledged mthat
A) "one-sided mevolutionism"mismprimarily mused mtomexplainmsocialmbehavior.
B) evolutionarympressuresmcreated mchangesminmbiologicalmstructures.
C) evolutionmdictated mbehavior.
D) socialmbehaviormismstrictlymamproduct mof mevolved mbiology.
10) Asmanmalternativemtom"
evolutionism"mpresented minmevolutionarympsychology, mAlbert mBanduramproposed mam view.
A) bidirectional;munidirectional
B) one-sided;mbidirectional
C) dynamic;mlinear
D) balanced;mbiased
11) Amfertilized mhumanmeggmcannot mgrow mintomamcrocodile,mduck,mormfishmspecificallymbecausemof
A) socialminfluence.
B) environmentalminfluence.
C) adaptivembehavior.
D) geneticmcode.
12) ismamcomplexmmoleculemwithmamdoublemhelixmshape,mlikemamspiralm staircase,m a
nd mcontainsmgeneticminformation.
A) RNA
B) A mchromosome
C) DNA
D) A mribosome
13) ,mthemunitsmof mhereditaryminformation,maremshort msegmentsmof mdeoxyribonucleicmac
id m(DNA).mTheymhelpmcellsmtomreproducemthemselvesmand mtomassemblemproteins.
A) Genes
B) Chromosomes
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