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BIO A 208 Exam 1 with answers

What are the three criteria of a good scientific explanation? - Falsifiable predictions, replicability, parsimony Define proximate explanations - During the organism's life -- anatomical/physiological -- "how" Define ultimate explanations - evolutionary -- functional/historical -- "why" What are the ways one can test ultimate explanations? - Correlation and Experimental Manipulation Where is the nature and nurture dichotomy useful? - In dealing with MEASURABLE components (ex: heigh, ...

Sexual Selection - results from competition for mats: relative parental investment -> relative reproductive rates -> operational sex ratio -> human mating system (mild polygyny) Predictions from sexual selection theory - Men competitive compared to women Men choosy compared to other male mammals Women choosy compared to men Women more competitive compared to other female mammals Cohen's d - a method of quantifying sex differences and shows difference in the means/pooled standard...