Test Bank for Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind 7th Edition by David M. Buss | All Chapters 1-13 | Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

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, MultiplehChoicehQuestions

1. WhichhofhthehfollowinghquestionshishNOThahfocushofhevolutionaryhpsychology?h(c)

(a) Whyhishthehmindhdesignedhthehwayhthathithis?

(b) Howhdohthehcomponentshofhthehmindhinteracthwithhthehenvironment?

(c) WhathishthehrelationshiphbetweenhthehhumanhmindhandhthehBighBang?

(d) Whatharehthehfunctionshofhthehcomponentshofhthehhumanhmind?



2. Evolutionhrefershto .h(a)

(a) changeshinhgenehfrequencyhwithinhahpopulationhoverhtime

(b) differenceshbetweenhspecies

(c) changeshoverhtimehinhthehshapehofhthehhumanhskull

(d) differenceshbetweenhmenhandhwomen



3. Changehinhlifehformshoverhtimehwashsuggestedh .h(b)

(a) firsthbyhDarwin

(b) wellhbeforehDarwin’shtime

(c) wellhafterhDarwin’shtime

(d) firsthbyhGeorgehWilliams



4. WhichhofhthehfollowinghargumentshdidhLamarckhpresent?h(d)

(a) Specieshoriginatehfromhmicroscopichalgae.

(b) Specieshprogresshtowardhahlowerhform.

(c) acquisitionhofhinheritedhcharacteristics.

(d) inheritancehofhacquiredhcharacteristics.




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,5. AccordinghtohCuvier’shtheoryhofhcatastrophism,hspecieshare .h(a)

(a) exterminatedhbyhsuddenhcatastropheshandhreplacedhbyhdifferenthspecies

(b) irradiatedhbyhsuddenhcatastrophes,hthereafterhreplacinghotherhspecies

(c) exterminatedhbyhgradualheliminationhduehtohdisease,hleavinghroomhforhnewhspecies

(d) irradiatedhandhextinguished,handhreplacedhbyhthehsamehspecies



6. Whichhofhthehfollowinghclueshtohchangehinhorganichstructurehoverhtimehwerehnothknownhorhnotedhpriorhtoh
Darwin?h(d)

(a) cross-specieshstructuralhsimilarities

(b) cross-specieshembryologicalhsimilarities

(c) apparenthfunctionhofhtraits

(d) mechanismhtohexplainhchangehinhorganichstructurehoverhtime



7. WhichhofhthehfollowinghishNOThanhexamplehofhgenetichdrift?h(a)

(a) naturalhselection

(b) founderheffect

(c) genetichbottleneck

(d) mutation



8. WhichhofhthehfollowinghishNOThonehofhthehthreehessentialhprocesseshidentifiedhbyhDarwin’shtheoryhof
evolutionhbyhnaturalhselection?h(b)

(a) variation

(b) particulation

(c) selection

(d) inheritance




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, 9. provideshtheh―rawhmaterials‖hforhevolution.h(a)

(a) Variation

(b) Particulation

(c) Selection

(d) Inheritance



10. Forhevolutionhtohwork,hsuccessfulhvariationshmusthbeh ,horhpassedhdownhreliablyhfromhparenthtoh
offspring.h(d)

(a) variated

(b) particulated

(c) selected

(d) inherited



11. Thehprocesshof
refershtohthehcomponenthofhDarwin’shtheoryhofhevolutionhthathstateshthathorganismshwithhsomehheritableh
attributeshleavehmorehoffspringhbecausehthosehattributeshhelphwithhthehtaskshofhsurvivalhandhreproduction.h(c
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(a) variation

(b) particulation

(c) selection

(d) inheritance



12. Inhcontrasthtohthehtheoryhofhnaturalhselection,hwhichhfocusedhonhadaptationshthathhaveharisenhashahco
nsequencehofhsuccessfulhsurvival,hthehtheoryhof
focusedhonhadaptationshthathhaveharisenhashahconsequencehofhsuccessfulhmating.h(a)

(a) sexualhselection

(b) internalhselection

(c) externalhselection

(d) socialhselection

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