Question 1

Prestige is defined as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  domain-general status 
B)  dominance 
C)  deference for fear of retaliation 
D)  freely conferred deference 
A)  domain-general status 
B)  dominance 
C)  deference for fear of retaliation 
D)  freely conferred deference

Question 2

Failure to display a submissive greeting to a dominant male chimpanzee by ___________ will often provoke aggressive retaliation in the dominant chimpanzee.

Accepted Answer

A)  males 
B)  females 
C)  both males and females 
D)  the dominant male's offspring 
A)  males 
B)  females 
C)  both males and females 
D)  the dominant male's offspring

Question 3

Schadenfreude is a term referring to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the feeling one has when confronted by a highly dominant individual 
B)  the experience of pleasure at another's misfortune 
C)  an attempt to feign interest in a lower-status individual 
D)  a coup in which the alpha male is overthrown 
A)  the feeling one has when confronted by a highly dominant individual 
B)  the experience of pleasure at another's misfortune 
C)  an attempt to feign interest in a lower-status individual 
D)  a coup in which the alpha male is overthrown

Question 4

Feather investigated how people react to the failure of another individual. Which of the following is NOT a finding from his studies?

Accepted Answer

A)  If the individual was low-status, participants felt more pleasure. 
B)  Subjects with low self-esteem reported more delight than subjects with high self-esteem. 
C)  When the individual's success was apparently not deserved, observing his failure was more pleasing to subjects. 
D)  If the individual who failed had high status, participants felt more pleasure. 
A)  If the individual was low-status, participants felt more pleasure. 
B)  Subjects with low self-esteem reported more delight than subjects with high self-esteem. 
C)  When the individual's success was apparently not deserved, observing his failure was more pleasing to subjects. 
D)  If the individual who failed had high status, participants felt more pleasure.

Question 5

Mazur and Booth found that testosterone levels of the winners of tennis matches _____________ and the testosterone levels of losers of matches ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  decreased; increased 
B)  increased; remained the same 
C)  remained high; dropped dramatically 
D)  remained the same; increased slightly 
A)  decreased; increased 
B)  increased; remained the same 
C)  remained high; dropped dramatically 
D)  remained the same; increased slightly

Question 6

Elevated status can give men greater sexual access along which of the following paths?

Accepted Answer

A)  preferential selection as mates by women 
B)  through increased copulatory rates 
C)  increased access to women through intersexual domination 
D)  all of the above 
A)  preferential selection as mates by women 
B)  through increased copulatory rates 
C)  increased access to women through intersexual domination 
D)  all of the above

Question 7

Studies looking at the effects of testosterone imply that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  testosterone is associated with dominance but not prestige 
B)  testosterone is associated with dominance in men, but prestige in women 
C)  testosterone is associated with prestige in men, but dominance in women 
D)  testosterone levels are correlated with intelligence 
A)  testosterone is associated with dominance but not prestige 
B)  testosterone is associated with dominance in men, but prestige in women 
C)  testosterone is associated with prestige in men, but dominance in women 
D)  testosterone levels are correlated with intelligence

Question 8

Megargee found that, when low-dominance men were teamed with high-dominance women, the men became leaders through ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  appointment by the women 
B)  women's suppression of their own dominance 
C)  men's compulsion to assume the standard sex role of higher dominance 
D)  none of the above 
A)  appointment by the women 
B)  women's suppression of their own dominance 
C)  men's compulsion to assume the standard sex role of higher dominance 
D)  none of the above

Question 9

Mueller and Mazur found that _________ predicted attainment of higher ranks in the military twenty years later.

Accepted Answer

A)  dominance hierarchies 
B)  facial symmetry 
C)  facial dominance 
D)  performance 
A)  dominance hierarchies 
B)  facial symmetry 
C)  facial dominance 
D)  performance

Prestige is defined as __________.

Failure to display a submissive greeting to a dominant male chimpanzee by ___________ will often provoke aggressive retaliation in the dominant chimpanzee.

Schadenfreude is a term referring to __________.

Feather investigated how people react to the failure of another individual. Which of the following is NOT a finding from his studies?

Mazur and Booth found that testosterone levels of the winners of tennis matches _ and the testosterone levels of losers of matches __.

Elevated status can give men greater sexual access along which of the following paths?

Studies looking at the effects of testosterone imply that __________.

Megargee found that, when low-dominance men were teamed with high-dominance women, the men became leaders through ____________.

Mueller and Mazur found that _________ predicted attainment of higher ranks in the military twenty years later.

The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology

The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology

Combating the Hostile Forces of Nature:

Womens Long-Term Mating Strategies

Mens Long-Term Mating Strategies

Short-Term Sexual Strategies

Problems of Parenting

Problems of Kinship

Cooperative Alliances

Aggression and Warfare

Conflict Between the Sexes

Toward a Unified Evolutionary Psychology

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Exam 12: Status, Prestige, and Social Dominance

Prestige is defined as __________.

Failure to display a submissive greeting to a dominant male chimpanzee by ___________ will often provoke aggressive retaliation in the dominant chimpanzee.

Schadenfreude is a term referring to __________.

Feather investigated how people react to the failure of another individual. Which of the following is NOT a finding from his studies?

Mazur and Booth found that testosterone levels of the winners of tennis matches _____________ and the testosterone levels of losers of matches ______________.

Elevated status can give men greater sexual access along which of the following paths?

Studies looking at the effects of testosterone imply that __________.

Megargee found that, when low-dominance men were teamed with high-dominance women, the men became leaders through ____________.

Mueller and Mazur found that _________ predicted attainment of higher ranks in the military twenty years later.

The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology

The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology

Combating the Hostile Forces of Nature:

Womens Long-Term Mating Strategies

Mens Long-Term Mating Strategies

Short-Term Sexual Strategies

Problems of Parenting

Problems of Kinship

Cooperative Alliances

Aggression and Warfare

Conflict Between the Sexes

Toward a Unified Evolutionary Psychology

Filters

Mazur and Booth found that testosterone levels of the winners of tennis matches _ and the testosterone levels of losers of matches __.