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, Multiple Choice Questions zl zl
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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(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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(c) changes over time in the shape of the human skull
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(d) differences between men and women zl zl zl zl
3. Change in life forms over time was suggested . (b)
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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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rwin? (d)
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7. Which of the following is NOT an example of genetic drift? (a)
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evolution by natural selection? (b)
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(a) variation
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(c) selection
(d) inheritance
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(a) Variation
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ttributes leave more offspring because those attributes help with the tasks of survival and reproduction. (c)
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(a) variation
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sequence of successful survival, the theory of
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(d) social selection zl
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, Multiple Choice Questions zl zl
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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(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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(d) differences between men and women zl zl zl zl
3. Change in life forms over time was suggested . (b)
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(a) first by Darwin zl zl
(b) well before Darwin’s time
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(d) first by George Williams
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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 Da
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rwin? (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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(a) natural selection zl
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(d) mutation
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evolution by natural selection? (b)
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(a) variation
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(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
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fspring. (d) zl
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ttributes leave more offspring because those attributes help with the tasks of survival and reproduction. (c)
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(a) variation
(b) particulation
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(d) inheritance
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sequence of successful survival, the theory of
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(a) sexual selection zl
(b) internal selection zl
(c) external selection zl
(d) social selection zl
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