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1. Which of the following questions is NOT a focus of evolutionary psychology? (c)
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(a) Why is the mind designed the way that it is?
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(b) How do the components of the mind interact with the environment?
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(c) What is the relationship between the human mind and the Big Bang?
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(d) What are the functions of the components of the human mind?
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3. Change in life forms over time was suggested . (b)
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4. Which of the following arguments did Lamarck present? (d)
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(b) Species progress toward a lower form.
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7. Which of the following is NOT an example of genetic drift? (a)
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evolution by natural selection? (b)
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(a) variation
(b) particulation
(c) selection
(d) inheritance
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1. Which of the following questions is NOT a focus of evolutionary psychology? (c)
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(a) Why is the mind designed the way that it is?
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(b) How do the components of the mind interact with the environment?
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(c) What is the relationship between the human mind and the Big Bang?
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(d) What are the functions of the components of the human mind?
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(a) changes in gene frequency within a population over time
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(b) differences between species br br
(c) changes over time in the shape of the human skull
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3. Change in life forms over time was suggested . (b)
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(a) first by Darwin
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(c) well after Darwin’s time
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(d) first by George Williams
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(a) Species originate from microscopic algae.
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(b) Species progress toward a lower form.
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(c) acquisition of inherited characteristics. br br br
(d) inheritance of acquired characteristics. br br br
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(a) exterminated by sudden catastrophes and replaced by different species
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(c) exterminated by gradual elimination due to disease, leaving room for new species
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(d) irradiated and extinguished, and replaced by the same species
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6. Which of the following clues to change in organic structure over time were not known or noted prior to
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(b) cross-species embryological similarities br br
(c) apparent function of traits br br br
(d) mechanism to explain change in organic structure over time
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7. Which of the following is NOT an example of genetic drift? (a)
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(a) natural selection br
(b) founder effect br
(c) genetic bottleneck br
(d) mutation
8. Which of the following is NOT one of the three essential processes identified by Darwin’s theory of
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evolution by natural selection? (b)
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(a) variation
(b) particulation
(c) selection
(d) inheritance
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, 9. provides the ―raw materials‖ for evolution. (a)
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(a) Variation
(b) Particulation
(c) Selection
(d) Inheritance
10. For evolution to work, successful variations must be , or passed down reliably from parent to
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offspring. (d) br
(a) variated
(b) particulated
(c) selected
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11. The process of
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attributes leave more offspring because those attributes help with the tasks of survival and reproduction. (c
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(a) variation
(b) particulation
(c) selection
(d) inheritance
12. In contrast to the theory of natural selection, which focused on adaptations that have arisen as a co
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nsequence of successful survival, the theory of
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(b) internal selection br
(c) external selection br
(d) social selection br
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