Question 1

Chomsky and Gould argue that language is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  an adaptation designed for the communication of information 
B)  a byproduct of the tremendous size of the human brain 
C)  not universal across different cultures 
D)  not explicable through evolutionary insights 
A)  an adaptation designed for the communication of information 
B)  a byproduct of the tremendous size of the human brain 
C)  not universal across different cultures 
D)  not explicable through evolutionary insights

Question 2

Self-handicapping is the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  tendency to present a strength about oneself privately to provide an enduring disposition responsible for success at a task 
B)  tendency to make attributions that make one appear worse than others in the group 
C)  tendency to present publicly a purported weakness about oneself to provide an excuse in the event one fails at a task 
D)  none of the above 
A)  tendency to present a strength about oneself privately to provide an enduring disposition responsible for success at a task 
B)  tendency to make attributions that make one appear worse than others in the group 
C)  tendency to present publicly a purported weakness about oneself to provide an excuse in the event one fails at a task 
D)  none of the above

Question 3

Once language evolved, __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  selection would not have limited language to its original function 
B)  selection favored the use of language to solve most adaptive problems 
C)  it became less domain specific and more domain general 
D)  all of the above 
A)  selection would not have limited language to its original function 
B)  selection favored the use of language to solve most adaptive problems 
C)  it became less domain specific and more domain general 
D)  all of the above

Question 4

Which of the following describes what we know about the development of theory of mind?

Accepted Answer

A)  It grows more and more sophisticated with age. 
B)  It "comes online" relatively early in development and maintains a stable skill level through adulthood. 
C)  It reliably develops in many children, but a large proportion of individuals never display theory of mind. 
D)  none of the above 
A)  It grows more and more sophisticated with age. 
B)  It "comes online" relatively early in development and maintains a stable skill level through adulthood. 
C)  It reliably develops in many children, but a large proportion of individuals never display theory of mind. 
D)  none of the above

Question 5

Natural selection appears to be ________________ early in life.

Accepted Answer

A)  especially strong 
B)  especially weak 
C)  non-existent 
D)  weaker than sexual selection 
A)  especially strong 
B)  especially weak 
C)  non-existent 
D)  weaker than sexual selection

Question 6

The repulsion of incest evolved __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  to prevent inbreeding 
B)  to encourage inbreeding 
C)  to increase rates of inbreeding suppression 
D)  in response to sex between cousins 
A)  to prevent inbreeding 
B)  to encourage inbreeding 
C)  to increase rates of inbreeding suppression 
D)  in response to sex between cousins

Question 7

Group selection is ___________________ but the conditions that make group selection likely are _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  theoretically possible; capable of evolving in a short period of time 
B)  theoretically possible; incapable of fashioning domain-specific mechanisms 
C)  theoretically impossible; possible only if a species is exposed to group living for sufficient periods of time 
D)  theoretically possible; rarely seen in nature 
A)  theoretically possible; capable of evolving in a short period of time 
B)  theoretically possible; incapable of fashioning domain-specific mechanisms 
C)  theoretically impossible; possible only if a species is exposed to group living for sufficient periods of time 
D)  theoretically possible; rarely seen in nature

Question 8

Ecological structure is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the ideal set of physical conditions in which a species is designed to exist 
B)  the set of statistical regularities of the human environment throughout our evolutionary history 
C)  the type of neural network which best suits the nature of the problem processing 
D)  none of the above 
A)  the ideal set of physical conditions in which a species is designed to exist 
B)  the set of statistical regularities of the human environment throughout our evolutionary history 
C)  the type of neural network which best suits the nature of the problem processing 
D)  none of the above

Question 9

All of the following forces could cause the variation inherent in individual differences except __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  individual variation in exposure to certain environmental insults 
B)  mutation load 
C)  frequency dependent selection 
D)  group selection 
A)  individual variation in exposure to certain environmental insults 
B)  mutation load 
C)  frequency dependent selection 
D)  group selection

Question 10

Navarette's studies on fear learning and extinction based on group membership revealed that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  fear of in-group men is the easiest to acquire 
B)  fear of in-group members was most difficult to acquire and most difficult to extinguish 
C)  fear of out-group men was the most difficult to extinguish 
D)  women learn fear of out-group members more easily than men 
A)  fear of in-group men is the easiest to acquire 
B)  fear of in-group members was most difficult to acquire and most difficult to extinguish 
C)  fear of out-group men was the most difficult to extinguish 
D)  women learn fear of out-group members more easily than men

Question 11

Skills at theory of mind are positively correlated with which personality trait?

Accepted Answer

A)  emotional stability 
B)  agreeableness 
C)  conscientiousness 
D)  extraversion 
A)  emotional stability 
B)  agreeableness 
C)  conscientiousness 
D)  extraversion

Question 12

A key insight gleaned from evolutionary developmental psychology is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  that human beings face predictably different adaptive problems at various points in their lives 
B)  that all adaptations have a developmental history 
C)  that selection can operate on the developmental timing of psychological mechanisms 
D)  all of the above 
A)  that human beings face predictably different adaptive problems at various points in their lives 
B)  that all adaptations have a developmental history 
C)  that selection can operate on the developmental timing of psychological mechanisms 
D)  all of the above

Question 13

Belsky and colleagues suggest that _____________ early in a child's life can calibrate the kind of sexual strategy he or she adopts later in life.

Accepted Answer

A)  father absence 
B)  mother absence 
C)  family income 
D)  potty training 
A)  father absence 
B)  mother absence 
C)  family income 
D)  potty training

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of operating on frequentist representations?

Accepted Answer

A)  They allow a person to preserve the number of events on which the judgment was based. 
B)  They allow a person to update his or her database when new events are encountered. 
C)  They allow a person to construct new reference classes after the events have been encountered. 
D)  They allow a person to retrieve frequency representations more often than alternative representations. 
A)  They allow a person to preserve the number of events on which the judgment was based. 
B)  They allow a person to update his or her database when new events are encountered. 
C)  They allow a person to construct new reference classes after the events have been encountered. 
D)  They allow a person to retrieve frequency representations more often than alternative representations.

Question 15

Nettle argues that very high or very low levels of various personality traits __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  provide high benefits but also high costs 
B)  provide greater benefits than costs 
C)  are viewed as highly attractive in women 
D)  are viewed as highly attractive in men 
A)  provide high benefits but also high costs 
B)  provide greater benefits than costs 
C)  are viewed as highly attractive in women 
D)  are viewed as highly attractive in men

Question 16

Evoked culture refers to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the evocation of different cultural traditions under similar conditions 
B)  phenomena that are triggered in some groups more than in others because of differing environmental conditions 
C)  cultural variation that is attributed to similar ecologies 
D)  none of the above 
A)  the evocation of different cultural traditions under similar conditions 
B)  phenomena that are triggered in some groups more than in others because of differing environmental conditions 
C)  cultural variation that is attributed to similar ecologies 
D)  none of the above

Question 17

The deadly innovations hypothesis proposes all of the following forces EXCEPT __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  founder effects 
B)  double jeopardy 
C)  spiraling complexity 
D)  migration ratchet 
A)  founder effects 
B)  double jeopardy 
C)  spiraling complexity 
D)  migration ratchet

Question 18

Tooby and Cosmides argue that errors in processing will result when __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the problem is too domain-general for mechanisms to have been fashioned to deal with a domain-general problem 
B)  individuals are presented with visual information rather than written information 
C)  there is a high degree of uncertainty 
D)  there is a mismatch between the problem presented and the problem the mechanism was designed to solve 
A)  the problem is too domain-general for mechanisms to have been fashioned to deal with a domain-general problem 
B)  individuals are presented with visual information rather than written information 
C)  there is a high degree of uncertainty 
D)  there is a mismatch between the problem presented and the problem the mechanism was designed to solve

Question 19

Which of the following hypotheses proposes that language evolved via sexual selection?

Accepted Answer

A)  social gossip hypothesis 
B)  social contract hypothesis 
C)  Scheherazade hypothesis 
D)  information exchange hypothesis 
A)  social gossip hypothesis 
B)  social contract hypothesis 
C)  Scheherazade hypothesis 
D)  information exchange hypothesis

Question 20

In the first empirical test of the ecological dominance/social competition (EDSC) hypothesis, researchers discovered that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  in populations with more competition for status, less energy could be devoted to brain evolution, resulting in smaller cranial capacities 
B)  populations in the process of achieving ecological dominance had larger cranial capacities than those that had already become ecologically dominant 
C)  women's (but not men's) cranial capacity was positively correlated with the degree to which they engage in gossip 
D)  population density throughout human evolution was positively correlated with cranial capacity 
A)  in populations with more competition for status, less energy could be devoted to brain evolution, resulting in smaller cranial capacities 
B)  populations in the process of achieving ecological dominance had larger cranial capacities than those that had already become ecologically dominant 
C)  women's (but not men's) cranial capacity was positively correlated with the degree to which they engage in gossip 
D)  population density throughout human evolution was positively correlated with cranial capacity

Chomsky and Gould argue that language is __________.

Self-handicapping is the __________.

Once language evolved, __________.

Which of the following describes what we know about the development of theory of mind?

Natural selection appears to be ________________ early in life.

The repulsion of incest evolved __________.

Group selection is ___ but the conditions that make group selection likely are _.

Ecological structure is __________.

All of the following forces could cause the variation inherent in individual differences except __________.

Navarette's studies on fear learning and extinction based on group membership revealed that __________.

Skills at theory of mind are positively correlated with which personality trait?

A key insight gleaned from evolutionary developmental psychology is __________.

Belsky and colleagues suggest that _____________ early in a child's life can calibrate the kind of sexual strategy he or she adopts later in life.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of operating on frequentist representations?

Nettle argues that very high or very low levels of various personality traits __________.

Evoked culture refers to __________.

The deadly innovations hypothesis proposes all of the following forces EXCEPT __________.

Tooby and Cosmides argue that errors in processing will result when __________.

Which of the following hypotheses proposes that language evolved via sexual selection?

In the first empirical test of the ecological dominance/social competition (EDSC) hypothesis, researchers discovered that __________.

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

Status, Prestige, and Social Dominance

Filters

Exam 13: Toward a Unified Evolutionary Psychology

Chomsky and Gould argue that language is __________.

Self-handicapping is the __________.

Once language evolved, __________.

Which of the following describes what we know about the development of theory of mind?

Natural selection appears to be ________________ early in life.

The repulsion of incest evolved __________.

Group selection is ___________________ but the conditions that make group selection likely are _________________.

Ecological structure is __________.

All of the following forces could cause the variation inherent in individual differences except __________.

Navarette's studies on fear learning and extinction based on group membership revealed that __________.

Skills at theory of mind are positively correlated with which personality trait?

A key insight gleaned from evolutionary developmental psychology is __________.

Belsky and colleagues suggest that _____________ early in a child's life can calibrate the kind of sexual strategy he or she adopts later in life.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of operating on frequentist representations?

Nettle argues that very high or very low levels of various personality traits __________.

Evoked culture refers to __________.

The deadly innovations hypothesis proposes all of the following forces EXCEPT __________.

Tooby and Cosmides argue that errors in processing will result when __________.

Which of the following hypotheses proposes that language evolved via sexual selection?

In the first empirical test of the ecological dominance/social competition (EDSC) hypothesis, researchers discovered that __________.

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

Status, Prestige, and Social Dominance

Filters

Group selection is ___ but the conditions that make group selection likely are _.