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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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2. Evolution refers to
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(a) changes in gene frequency within a population over time
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(b) differences between species ap ap




(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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(b) well before Darwin’s time
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(c) well after Darwin’s time
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(d) first by George Williams
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4. Which of the following arguments did Lamarck present? (d)
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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. ap ap ap




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,5. According to Cuvier’s theory of catastrophism, species are
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(a) exterminated by sudden catastrophes and replaced by different species
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(b) irradiated by sudden catastrophes, thereafter replacing other 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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Darwin? (d)
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(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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(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)
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(a) variated

(b) particulated

(c) selected

(d) inherited



11. The process of
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refers to the component of Darwin’s theory of evolution that states that organisms with some heritabl
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e attributes leave more offspring because those attributes help with the tasks of survival and reproduction.
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12. In contrast to the theory of natural selection, which focused on adaptations that have arisen as a c
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onsequence of successful survival, the theory of
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focused on adaptations that have arisen as a consequence of successful mating. (a)
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