Psy 341 – Quiz 7 (3rd attempt) 48 out of 50
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• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following is not one of the distinct outcomes of the evolutionary
process of natural selection, sexual selection, and chance?
Selected mutatio
Answer: ns
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
mechanisms are internal and specific cognitive, motivational, and
personality systems that solve specific survival and reproduction problems.
Selected Psychologi
Answer: cal
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
Psychological mechanisms relevant to personality can be grouped into main
categories.
Selected thre
Answer: e
• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
According to an analysis done by Nettle on the Big Five dimensions of
personality, identify a fitness cost that was associated with having an
extraverted personality during ancestral periods of evolution.
Selected less stable
Answer: family
• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
, One environmental source of personality differences is what Buss termed ,
by which he meant that childhood experiences make some behavioral strategies
more likely than others.
Selected early experiential
Answer: calibration
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Buss argues for essentially the five personality dimensions (Big Five) proposed by
McCrae and Costa but with slightly different terminology. Which is not one of
Buss's categories?
Selected neuroticism/psychotic
Answer: ism
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
is marked by a tendency to take risks and to experience positive emotion
(i.e., be happy) and initiating and maintaining friendships and relationships.
Selected Surgen
Answer: cy
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Vincent feels that his parents neglect him and pay more attention to his brother,
Mark. Mark regularly gets higher grades than Vincent. Vincent always
outperforms his brother in football and basketball. In order to gain his parents'
attention,
Vincent decides to be more academic. He stays back after class to learn new
concepts, gets himself a tutor, and takes tests online to assess his learning.
Which of the following statements is most likely true about the scenario?
Selected Vincent's change in activities is an example of alternative niche
Answer: specialization.
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
Ever since Charles Darwin, it has been clear that all life forms are confronted with
two fundamental problems of adaptation, namely and .
Selected survival;
Answer: reproduction
• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
The adaptive personality system that revolves around one's capacity and
commitment to work is
Submitted Answers,
Feedback
• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following is not one of the distinct outcomes of the evolutionary
process of natural selection, sexual selection, and chance?
Selected mutatio
Answer: ns
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
mechanisms are internal and specific cognitive, motivational, and
personality systems that solve specific survival and reproduction problems.
Selected Psychologi
Answer: cal
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
Psychological mechanisms relevant to personality can be grouped into main
categories.
Selected thre
Answer: e
• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
According to an analysis done by Nettle on the Big Five dimensions of
personality, identify a fitness cost that was associated with having an
extraverted personality during ancestral periods of evolution.
Selected less stable
Answer: family
• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
, One environmental source of personality differences is what Buss termed ,
by which he meant that childhood experiences make some behavioral strategies
more likely than others.
Selected early experiential
Answer: calibration
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Buss argues for essentially the five personality dimensions (Big Five) proposed by
McCrae and Costa but with slightly different terminology. Which is not one of
Buss's categories?
Selected neuroticism/psychotic
Answer: ism
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
is marked by a tendency to take risks and to experience positive emotion
(i.e., be happy) and initiating and maintaining friendships and relationships.
Selected Surgen
Answer: cy
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Vincent feels that his parents neglect him and pay more attention to his brother,
Mark. Mark regularly gets higher grades than Vincent. Vincent always
outperforms his brother in football and basketball. In order to gain his parents'
attention,
Vincent decides to be more academic. He stays back after class to learn new
concepts, gets himself a tutor, and takes tests online to assess his learning.
Which of the following statements is most likely true about the scenario?
Selected Vincent's change in activities is an example of alternative niche
Answer: specialization.
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
Ever since Charles Darwin, it has been clear that all life forms are confronted with
two fundamental problems of adaptation, namely and .
Selected survival;
Answer: reproduction
• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
The adaptive personality system that revolves around one's capacity and
commitment to work is
