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This document is a comprehensive test bank for the 7th edition of Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind by David M. Buss. It includes all 13 chapters, each featuring multiple-choice questions with verified correct answers. The material covers a wide range of foundational and advanced topics in evolutionary psychology, including natural and sexual selection, psychological adaptations, mating strategies, and human behavior in ancestral environments. This test bank is ideal for students preparing for exams or instructors looking to assess understanding of key concepts.

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, MultipleuChoiceuQuestions

1. WhichuofutheufollowinguquestionsuisuNOTuaufocusuofuevolutionaryupsychology?u(c)

(a) Whyuisutheumindudesignedutheuwayuthatuituis?

(b) Howudoutheucomponentsuofutheuminduinteractuwithutheuenvironment?

(c) WhatuisutheurelationshipubetweenutheuhumanuminduandutheuBiguBang?

(d) Whatuareutheufunctionsuofutheucomponentsuofutheuhumanumind?



2. Evolutionurefersuto .u(a)

(a) changesuinugeneufrequencyuwithinuaupopulationuoverutime

(b) differencesubetweenuspecies

(c) changesuoverutimeuinutheushapeuofutheuhumanuskull

(d) differencesubetweenumenuanduwomen



3. Changeuinulifeuformsuoverutimeuwasusuggestedu .u(b)

(a) firstubyuDarwin

(b) wellubeforeuDarwin’sutime

(c) welluafteruDarwin’sutime

(d) firstubyuGeorgeuWilliams



4. WhichuofutheufollowinguargumentsudiduLamarckupresent?u(d)

(a) Speciesuoriginateufromumicroscopicualgae.

(b) Speciesuprogressutowarduauloweruform.

(c) acquisitionuofuinheriteducharacteristics.

(d) inheritanceuofuacquireducharacteristics.




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,5. AccordingutouCuvier’sutheoryuofucatastrophism,uspeciesuare .u(a)

(a) exterminatedubyusuddenucatastrophesuandureplacedubyudifferentuspecies

(b) irradiatedubyusuddenucatastrophes,uthereafterureplacinguotheruspecies

(c) exterminatedubyugradualueliminationudueutoudisease,uleavinguroomuforunewuspecies

(d) irradiateduanduextinguished,uandureplacedubyutheusameuspecies



6. Whichuofutheufollowingucluesutouchangeuinuorganicustructureuoverutimeuwereunotuknownuorunotedupriorutou
Darwin?u(d)

(a) cross-speciesustructuralusimilarities

(b) cross-speciesuembryologicalusimilarities

(c) apparentufunctionuofutraits

(d) mechanismutouexplainuchangeuinuorganicustructureuoverutime



7. WhichuofutheufollowinguisuNOTuanuexampleuofugeneticudrift?u(a)

(a) naturaluselection

(b) founderueffect

(c) geneticubottleneck

(d) mutation



8. WhichuofutheufollowinguisuNOTuoneuofutheuthreeuessentialuprocessesuidentifiedubyuDarwin’sutheoryuof
evolutionubyunaturaluselection?u(b)

(a) variation

(b) particulation

(c) selection

(d) inheritance




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, 9. providesutheu―rawumaterials‖uforuevolution.u(a)

(a) Variation

(b) Particulation

(c) Selection

(d) Inheritance



10. Foruevolutionutouwork,usuccessfuluvariationsumustubeu ,uorupassedudownureliablyufromuparentutou
offspring.u(d)

(a) variated

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(c) selected

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11. Theuprocessuof
refersutoutheucomponentuofuDarwin’sutheoryuofuevolutionuthatustatesuthatuorganismsuwithusomeuheritableu
attributesuleaveumoreuoffspringubecauseuthoseuattributesuhelpuwithutheutasksuofusurvivaluandureproduction.u(c
)

(a) variation

(b) particulation

(c) selection

(d) inheritance



12. Inucontrastutoutheutheoryuofunaturaluselection,uwhichufocuseduonuadaptationsuthatuhaveuarisenuasuauco
nsequenceuofusuccessfulusurvival,utheutheoryuof
focuseduonuadaptationsuthatuhaveuarisenuasuauconsequenceuofusuccessfulumating.u(a)

(a) sexualuselection

(b) internaluselection

(c) externaluselection

(d) socialuselection

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