Exam 6: Genetics, Evolution, and Personality

In the competition for mates, Buss found that women tend to:

If heredity is REALLY important, then:

The idea that people choose mates on the basis of particular characteristics is called:

Dizygotic twins:

Fifty percent of identical twins of people diagnosed with schizophrenia also have schizophrenia.

When researchers examine whether the five basic factors of personality are genetically influenced, they have found:

The young male syndrome is more likely to appear among unmarried, unemployed men.

Research has identified a particular gene that is associated with alcohol cravings after consuming a small amount.

Eysenck has suggested that extraversion may be a blend of sociability and activity

Compared to women, men are:

According to sociobiologists, inclusive fitness explains why human beings are altruistic

In discussing physical makeup, psychologists early in the last century meant physique whereas now they mean genetics.

The environment affects twins' personality primarily by making them different from one another.

In the first half of the twentieth century, physical makeup referred to ____________, whereas now it refers to ___________.