UCLA Anthro 124 Final 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Corresponding Answers
with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
What is the logic of evolutionary psychology Computational Theory of
Mind? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Brain viewed as a computational computer that has
functions that uses information gathered in a functional way
What is it known as if we know consciously that it is harmless and not
gross? We still won't accept it - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔encapsulation and
automaticity of disgust
What three questions does sexual reproduction arise? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1)
why does sex repro. exist?
2) why are there males and females?
3) why are there sex differences?
According to who, you must have distinct facial expressions, present in
other primates, distinct physiology, distinct causes, facial expression not
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,seperable from physiological response and a quick onset? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Ekman's criteria for "basic "emotions
What is it called when the sperm and egg combine to produce an offspring
that shares half of the genes from both? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sexual
reproduction
What is the two fold costs of sex compared to cloning? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔by
reproducing sexually, the cost is producing half of your genetic material,
whereas cloning reproduces 100% of your genes the first time
What theory states that combining DNA sexually will increase genetic info
quicker and make species adapt quicker, but poses a problem in light of
natural selection because individuals will pay the cost of experimenting with
new varieties and we cannot predict evolution and what will be adapted? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔"Vicar of Bray" hypothesis
what theory supports sexual reproduction because it prevents mutations
from being cloned over and over again to break mutations (otherwise know
as DNA repair) but is not the only gene repair defense against pathogens?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Muller's ratchet theory of sex
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,What is the Red Queen and why is it considered an Arms race theory of
sex? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The RQT states that sex helps the host by
constantly coevolving counter-defense mechanisms to defeat pathogens
Explain the evolutionary arms race using the reasoning of gazelles and
cheetahs: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Predator-prey scenario
Basically is cheetah is faster and gazelles aren't gazelles will become
extinct.
If gazelles are faster and cheetahs aren't, cheetahs become extinct bc no
food.
So evo doesn't favor one or the other, both have to coevolve and get faster
at the same time.
what principle says when one mechanism is not compatible with both? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔principle of functional incompatibility
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, what is it known as if something is strong or weak? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔intensity
what is known as when you feel an emotion? what is feels like to have an
emotion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔qualia
what is defined as something that motivates us to do/feel things? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔emotion
why do we have emotions? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔emotions motivate us to do
things
why did the mer theory of disease take so long? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔knowing
about the germs spreading didnt evolve in human psychology, science had
to figure it out
what type of emotion is needed so you can avoid bad things happening to
you? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔fear
why is fear designed in a way where types of objects of situations can pose
dangers? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔so we avoid sources of injury or death
what are some detection mechanisms that favor detecting false positives
instead of false negatives? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔signal detection.
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Questions and Corresponding Answers
with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
What is the logic of evolutionary psychology Computational Theory of
Mind? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Brain viewed as a computational computer that has
functions that uses information gathered in a functional way
What is it known as if we know consciously that it is harmless and not
gross? We still won't accept it - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔encapsulation and
automaticity of disgust
What three questions does sexual reproduction arise? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1)
why does sex repro. exist?
2) why are there males and females?
3) why are there sex differences?
According to who, you must have distinct facial expressions, present in
other primates, distinct physiology, distinct causes, facial expression not
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,seperable from physiological response and a quick onset? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Ekman's criteria for "basic "emotions
What is it called when the sperm and egg combine to produce an offspring
that shares half of the genes from both? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sexual
reproduction
What is the two fold costs of sex compared to cloning? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔by
reproducing sexually, the cost is producing half of your genetic material,
whereas cloning reproduces 100% of your genes the first time
What theory states that combining DNA sexually will increase genetic info
quicker and make species adapt quicker, but poses a problem in light of
natural selection because individuals will pay the cost of experimenting with
new varieties and we cannot predict evolution and what will be adapted? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔"Vicar of Bray" hypothesis
what theory supports sexual reproduction because it prevents mutations
from being cloned over and over again to break mutations (otherwise know
as DNA repair) but is not the only gene repair defense against pathogens?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Muller's ratchet theory of sex
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,What is the Red Queen and why is it considered an Arms race theory of
sex? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The RQT states that sex helps the host by
constantly coevolving counter-defense mechanisms to defeat pathogens
Explain the evolutionary arms race using the reasoning of gazelles and
cheetahs: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Predator-prey scenario
Basically is cheetah is faster and gazelles aren't gazelles will become
extinct.
If gazelles are faster and cheetahs aren't, cheetahs become extinct bc no
food.
So evo doesn't favor one or the other, both have to coevolve and get faster
at the same time.
what principle says when one mechanism is not compatible with both? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔principle of functional incompatibility
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, what is it known as if something is strong or weak? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔intensity
what is known as when you feel an emotion? what is feels like to have an
emotion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔qualia
what is defined as something that motivates us to do/feel things? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔emotion
why do we have emotions? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔emotions motivate us to do
things
why did the mer theory of disease take so long? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔knowing
about the germs spreading didnt evolve in human psychology, science had
to figure it out
what type of emotion is needed so you can avoid bad things happening to
you? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔fear
why is fear designed in a way where types of objects of situations can pose
dangers? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔so we avoid sources of injury or death
what are some detection mechanisms that favor detecting false positives
instead of false negatives? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔signal detection.
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