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, Multiplews Choicews Questions
1. Whichws ofws thewsfollowingwsquestionsws iswsNOTwsaws focusws ofwsevolutionarywspsychology?w s (c)
(a) Whywsisw s thews mindws designedws thews wayws thatws itw s is?
(b) Howws dows thews componentsws ofwsthews mindws interactw s withws thews environment?
(c) Whatwsisws thews relationshipw s betweenws thews humanws mindws andws thews Bigws Bang?
(d) Whatwsarews thews functionsw s ofws thews componentsws ofws thews humanws mind?
2. Evolutionwsrefersws to .w s (a)
(a) changesws inws genews frequencywswithinws aws populationws overws time
(b) differenceswsbetweenwsspecies
(c) changesws overws timews inws thews shapews ofw s thews humanws skull
(d) differencesws betweenws menws andws women
3. Changews inws lifews formsws overw s timews wasws suggestedw s .ws (b)
(a) firstws byw s Darwin
(b) wellwsbeforews Darwin’swstime
(c) wellwsafterws Darwin’sws time
(d) firstws byws Georgew s Williams
4. Whichws ofws thewsfollowingws argumentsws didws Lamarckws present?ws(d)
(a) Specieswsoriginatewsfromwsmicroscopicwsalgae.
(b) Speciesws progressws towardws awslowerws form.
(c) acquisitionwsofwsinheritedwscharacteristics.
(d) inheritancewsofws acquiredws characteristics.
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,5. Accordingwstows Cuvier’sws theorywsofws catastrophism,ws specieswsare .w s (a)
(a) exterminatedwsbywssuddenwscatastrophesws andwsreplacedws bywsdifferentws species
(b) irradiatedwsbywssuddenwscatastrophes,wsthereafterwsreplacingHotherwsspecies
(c) exterminatedwsbywsgradualws eliminationws duews tows disease,ws leavingwsroomwsforws newws species
(d) irradiatedws andws extinguished,ws andwsreplacedws bywsthews samews species
6. Whichws ofws thews followingws cluesws tows changews inwsorganicws structurews overw s timews werew s notws known
ws orw s notedws priowsrwstowsDarwin?ws(d)
(a) cross-specieswsstructuralwssimilarities
(b) cross-specieswsembryologicalwssimilarities
(c) apparentwsfunctionws ofws traits
(d) mechanismwstows explainws changews inws organicwsstructurews overws time
7. Whichws ofws thews followingwsisws NOTws anws examplews ofws geneticws drift?ws (a)
(a) naturalws selection
(b) founderws effect
(c) geneticws bottleneck
(d) mutation
8. WhichwsofwsthewsfollowingwsiswsNOTwsonewsofwsthewsthreewsessentialwsprocesseswsidentifiedwsbywsDarwin’
swstheorywsofwsevolutionwsbywsnaturalwsselection?ws(b)
(a) variation
(b) particulation
(c) selection
(d) inheritance
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, 9. provideswsthews―rawwsmaterials‖wsforwsevolution.ws(a)
(a) Variation
(b) Particulation
(c) Selection
(d) Inheritance
10. Forwsevolutionwstowswork,wssuccessfulwsvariationswsmustwsbew s ,wsorwspassedwsdownwsreliablywsfr
omwsparentw s towsoffspring.ws(d)
(a) variated
(b) particulated
(c) selected
(d) inherited
11. Thew s processw s of
referswstowsthewscomponentwsofwsDarwin’swstheorywsofwsevolutionwsthatwsstateswsthatwsorganismswswithws
somewsheritwsablewsattributeswsleavewsmorewsoffspringwsbecausewsthosewsattributeswshelpwswithwsthewstaskswso
fwssurvivalwsandwsreprodwsuction.ws(c)
(a) variation
(b) particulation
(c) selection
(d) inheritance
12. Inw s contrastw s tow s thew s theoryw s ofw s naturalw s selection,w s whichws focusedws onw s adaptationsws thatw s
havew s arisenw s aswsawsconsequencewsofwssuccessfulwssurvival,wsthewstheorywsof
focusedws onwsadaptationswsthatwshavews arisenwsasws aw s consequencew s ofws successfulws mating.w s (a)
(a) sexualw s selection
(b) internalws selection
(c) externalws selection
(d) socialws selection
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, Multiplews Choicews Questions
1. Whichws ofws thewsfollowingwsquestionsws iswsNOTwsaws focusws ofwsevolutionarywspsychology?w s (c)
(a) Whywsisw s thews mindws designedws thews wayws thatws itw s is?
(b) Howws dows thews componentsws ofwsthews mindws interactw s withws thews environment?
(c) Whatwsisws thews relationshipw s betweenws thews humanws mindws andws thews Bigws Bang?
(d) Whatwsarews thews functionsw s ofws thews componentsws ofws thews humanws mind?
2. Evolutionwsrefersws to .w s (a)
(a) changesws inws genews frequencywswithinws aws populationws overws time
(b) differenceswsbetweenwsspecies
(c) changesws overws timews inws thews shapews ofw s thews humanws skull
(d) differencesws betweenws menws andws women
3. Changews inws lifews formsws overw s timews wasws suggestedw s .ws (b)
(a) firstws byw s Darwin
(b) wellwsbeforews Darwin’swstime
(c) wellwsafterws Darwin’sws time
(d) firstws byws Georgew s Williams
4. Whichws ofws thewsfollowingws argumentsws didws Lamarckws present?ws(d)
(a) Specieswsoriginatewsfromwsmicroscopicwsalgae.
(b) Speciesws progressws towardws awslowerws form.
(c) acquisitionwsofwsinheritedwscharacteristics.
(d) inheritancewsofws acquiredws characteristics.
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,5. Accordingwstows Cuvier’sws theorywsofws catastrophism,ws specieswsare .w s (a)
(a) exterminatedwsbywssuddenwscatastrophesws andwsreplacedws bywsdifferentws species
(b) irradiatedwsbywssuddenwscatastrophes,wsthereafterwsreplacingHotherwsspecies
(c) exterminatedwsbywsgradualws eliminationws duews tows disease,ws leavingwsroomwsforws newws species
(d) irradiatedws andws extinguished,ws andwsreplacedws bywsthews samews species
6. Whichws ofws thews followingws cluesws tows changews inwsorganicws structurews overw s timews werew s notws known
ws orw s notedws priowsrwstowsDarwin?ws(d)
(a) cross-specieswsstructuralwssimilarities
(b) cross-specieswsembryologicalwssimilarities
(c) apparentwsfunctionws ofws traits
(d) mechanismwstows explainws changews inws organicwsstructurews overws time
7. Whichws ofws thews followingwsisws NOTws anws examplews ofws geneticws drift?ws (a)
(a) naturalws selection
(b) founderws effect
(c) geneticws bottleneck
(d) mutation
8. WhichwsofwsthewsfollowingwsiswsNOTwsonewsofwsthewsthreewsessentialwsprocesseswsidentifiedwsbywsDarwin’
swstheorywsofwsevolutionwsbywsnaturalwsselection?ws(b)
(a) variation
(b) particulation
(c) selection
(d) inheritance
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, 9. provideswsthews―rawwsmaterials‖wsforwsevolution.ws(a)
(a) Variation
(b) Particulation
(c) Selection
(d) Inheritance
10. Forwsevolutionwstowswork,wssuccessfulwsvariationswsmustwsbew s ,wsorwspassedwsdownwsreliablywsfr
omwsparentw s towsoffspring.ws(d)
(a) variated
(b) particulated
(c) selected
(d) inherited
11. Thew s processw s of
referswstowsthewscomponentwsofwsDarwin’swstheorywsofwsevolutionwsthatwsstateswsthatwsorganismswswithws
somewsheritwsablewsattributeswsleavewsmorewsoffspringwsbecausewsthosewsattributeswshelpwswithwsthewstaskswso
fwssurvivalwsandwsreprodwsuction.ws(c)
(a) variation
(b) particulation
(c) selection
(d) inheritance
12. Inw s contrastw s tow s thew s theoryw s ofw s naturalw s selection,w s whichws focusedws onw s adaptationsws thatw s
havew s arisenw s aswsawsconsequencewsofwssuccessfulwssurvival,wsthewstheorywsof
focusedws onwsadaptationswsthatwshavews arisenwsasws aw s consequencew s ofws successfulws mating.w s (a)
(a) sexualw s selection
(b) internalws selection
(c) externalws selection
(d) socialws selection
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