Test Bank for Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, 7th Edition by David M. Buss

TEST BANK for Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science
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All Chapters Covered 1-
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13 with Verified Questions & Correct Answers| A+ GRADED
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, MultiplebChoicebQuestions

1. WhichbofbthebfollowingbquestionsbisbNOTbabfocusbofbevolutionarybpsychology?b(c)

(a) Whybisbthebmindbdesignedbthebwaybthatbitbis?

(b) Howbdobthebcomponentsbofbthebmindbinteractbwithbthebenvironment?

(c) WhatbisbthebrelationshipbbetweenbthebhumanbmindbandbthebBigbBang?

(d) Whatbarebthebfunctionsbofbthebcomponentsbofbthebhumanbmind?



2. Evolutionbrefersbto .b(a)

(a) changesbinbgenebfrequencybwithinbabpopulationboverbtime

(b) differencesbbetweenbspecies

(c) changesboverbtimebinbthebshapebofbthebhumanbskull

(d) differencesbbetweenbmenbandbwomen



3. Changebinblifebformsboverbtimebwasbsuggestedb .b(b)

(a) firstbbybDarwin

(b) wellbbeforebDarwin’sbtime

(c) wellbafterbDarwin’sbtime

(d) firstbbybGeorgebWilliams



4. WhichbofbthebfollowingbargumentsbdidbLamarckbpresent?b(d)

(a) Speciesboriginatebfrombmicroscopicbalgae.

(b) Speciesbprogressbtowardbablowerbform.

(c) acquisitionbofbinheritedbcharacteristics.

(d) inheritancebofbacquiredbcharacteristics.




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,5. AccordingbtobCuvier’sbtheorybofbcatastrophism,bspeciesbare .b(a)

(a) exterminatedbbybsuddenbcatastrophesbandbreplacedbbybdifferentbspecies

(b) irradiatedbbybsuddenbcatastrophes,bthereafterbreplacingbotherbspecies

(c) exterminatedbbybgradualbeliminationbduebtobdisease,bleavingbroombforbnewbspecies

(d) irradiatedbandbextinguished,bandbreplacedbbybthebsamebspecies



6. Whichbofbthebfollowingbcluesbtobchangebinborganicbstructureboverbtimebwerebnotbknownborbnotedbpriorbtob
Darwin?b(d)

(a) cross-speciesbstructuralbsimilarities

(b) cross-speciesbembryologicalbsimilarities

(c) apparentbfunctionbofbtraits

(d) mechanismbtobexplainbchangebinborganicbstructureboverbtime



7. WhichbofbthebfollowingbisbNOTbanbexamplebofbgeneticbdrift?b(a)

(a) naturalbselection

(b) founderbeffect

(c) geneticbbottleneck

(d) mutation



8. WhichbofbthebfollowingbisbNOTbonebofbthebthreebessentialbprocessesbidentifiedbbybDarwin’sbtheorybof
evolutionbbybnaturalbselection?b(b)

(a) variation

(b) particulation

(c) selection

(d) inheritance




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, 9. providesbtheb―rawbmaterials‖bforbevolution.b(a)

(a) Variation

(b) Particulation

(c) Selection

(d) Inheritance



10. Forbevolutionbtobwork,bsuccessfulbvariationsbmustbbeb ,borbpassedbdownbreliablybfrombparentbtob
offspring.b(d)

(a) variated

(b) particulated

(c) selected

(d) inherited



11. Thebprocessbof
refersbtobthebcomponentbofbDarwin’sbtheorybofbevolutionbthatbstatesbthatborganismsbwithbsomebheritableb
attributesbleavebmoreboffspringbbecausebthosebattributesbhelpbwithbthebtasksbofbsurvivalbandbreproduction.b(c
)

(a) variation

(b) particulation

(c) selection

(d) inheritance



12. Inbcontrastbtobthebtheorybofbnaturalbselection,bwhichbfocusedbonbadaptationsbthatbhavebarisenbasbabco
nsequencebofbsuccessfulbsurvival,bthebtheorybof
focusedbonbadaptationsbthatbhavebarisenbasbabconsequencebofbsuccessfulbmating.b(a)

(a) sexualbselection

(b) internalbselection

(c) externalbselection

(d) socialbselection

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