PSYC 341 Quiz 7 (Version 1) - Questions and Answers

PSYC 341 Quiz 7 Question 1 are evolved strategies that solve important survival and/or reproductive problems. Question 2 is change in gene function that does not involve changes in DNA. Question 3 Vidya is highly sensitive to criticism. She becomes anxious and nervous whenever her manager points out her mistakes. She cannot control her emotions when she is under stress. Which of the following statements is most likely true about Vidya Question 4 Evolutionary psychology and evolutionary theory of personality have their own journal called Question 5 Two goals and motives that act as evolved mechanisms are Question 6 According to an analysis done by Nettle on the Big Five dimensions of personality, identify a fitness cost that was associated with having an Question 7 Just like in biology, there is much support for the evolutionary basis of human personality, which can be divided into the general topics of Question 8 Buss and his colleague Heidi Greiling propose distinct sources of individual differences. Question 9 The process of evolution by natural selection has produced solutions to the two basic problems of life discussed by Darwin and Buss and they are called Question 10 Social psychologists use the term to describe our tendency to ignore situational and environmental forces when explaining the behavior of other people and instead to focus on internal dispositions. ............................................CONTINUED.......................................