Question 1

Psychopaths display "predatory memory" for potential victims who display which of the following traits?

Accepted Answer

A)  happiness 
B)  healthiness 
C)  helpfulness 
D)  all of the above 
A)  happiness 
B)  healthiness 
C)  helpfulness 
D)  all of the above

Question 2

The commitment skepticism bias, descent illusion, and auditory looming bias imply that humans __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  make many errors but still manage to survive 
B)  follow domain-free rationality principles 
C)  generally fear false alarms and are biased toward misses across multiple domains 
D)  are adaptively rational 
A)  make many errors but still manage to survive 
B)  follow domain-free rationality principles 
C)  generally fear false alarms and are biased toward misses across multiple domains 
D)  are adaptively rational

Question 3

Developmental evolutionary psychology stress which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children possess conditional strategies that produce different life trajectories based on early experience. 
B)  Adaptations in infancy evolved to solve particular adaptive problems faced specifically during this age. 
C)  Extended childhood contains design features for the prolonged learning and preparation needed to solve adaptive problems later in life. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  Children possess conditional strategies that produce different life trajectories based on early experience. 
B)  Adaptations in infancy evolved to solve particular adaptive problems faced specifically during this age. 
C)  Extended childhood contains design features for the prolonged learning and preparation needed to solve adaptive problems later in life. 
D)  all of the above

Question 4

Dysfunction occurs when the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  environment does not match reactive heritability 
B)  mechanism is not performing as it was designed to perform in the contexts in which it was designed to function 
C)  mechanism is performing as it was designed to perform in contexts in which it was not designed to function 
D)  all of the above 
A)  environment does not match reactive heritability 
B)  mechanism is not performing as it was designed to perform in the contexts in which it was designed to function 
C)  mechanism is performing as it was designed to perform in contexts in which it was not designed to function 
D)  all of the above

Question 5

According to Nairne's work on memory systems, which of the following should be best recalled?

Accepted Answer

A)  items for which mental images were created 
B)  items evaluated for relevance to surviving a hypothetical plane crash 
C)  items which were related to an actual autobiographical experience 
D)  all of the above 
A)  items for which mental images were created 
B)  items evaluated for relevance to surviving a hypothetical plane crash 
C)  items which were related to an actual autobiographical experience 
D)  all of the above

Question 6

Gangestad and Buss found that parasite prevalence is ___________ correlated with the importance that people in those cultures paced on physical attractiveness in a mate.

Accepted Answer

A)  positively 
B)  negatively 
C)  not 
D)  causally 
A)  positively 
B)  negatively 
C)  not 
D)  causally

Question 7

Embarrassment evolved __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  to punish those who violate social contracts 
B)  to promote appeasement and submission 
C)  to signal knowledge of an inflicted harm 
D)  to motivate the helping of others who are suffering 
A)  to punish those who violate social contracts 
B)  to promote appeasement and submission 
C)  to signal knowledge of an inflicted harm 
D)  to motivate the helping of others who are suffering

Question 8

People who are high on the K-factor exhibit __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  high risk-taking 
B)  high Machiavellianism 
C)  early attachment to their biological father 
D)  short-term mating strategy 
A)  high risk-taking 
B)  high Machiavellianism 
C)  early attachment to their biological father 
D)  short-term mating strategy

Question 9

A computational theory __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cannot specify the function of an information-processing device 
B)  provides a shortcut to conducting the scientific experiments to test hypotheses 
C)  specifies what a problem is and why there is a device to solve it 
D)  broadens the search space of successful solutions to a problem 
A)  cannot specify the function of an information-processing device 
B)  provides a shortcut to conducting the scientific experiments to test hypotheses 
C)  specifies what a problem is and why there is a device to solve it 
D)  broadens the search space of successful solutions to a problem

Question 10

Linda wears tie-dyed shirts and buttons asserting that "men are slime" and frequently tries to organize the women in her workplace. Is it more likely that "Linda is a bank teller'" or that "Linda is a feminist bank teller?" The fact that most people tend to reply that "Linda is a feminist bank teller" is an example of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the conjunction fallacy 
B)  the feminist fallacy 
C)  the base-rate fallacy 
D)  the naturalistic fallacy 
A)  the conjunction fallacy 
B)  the feminist fallacy 
C)  the base-rate fallacy 
D)  the naturalistic fallacy

Question 11

Which hypothesis for the evolution of language has the MOST serious difficulties in explaining available data?

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 12

Which of the following is true of the effects of prestige on cultural transmission?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information from individuals of high prestige is discounted if the information coincides with their self-interest. 
B)  Low-prestige individuals do not affect cultural transmission. 
C)  Costly signaling decreases the credibility of culturally transmitted messages. 
D)  Cultural transmission occurs once evolution has stopped operating on a population. 
A)  Information from individuals of high prestige is discounted if the information coincides with their self-interest. 
B)  Low-prestige individuals do not affect cultural transmission. 
C)  Costly signaling decreases the credibility of culturally transmitted messages. 
D)  Cultural transmission occurs once evolution has stopped operating on a population.

Question 13

The display hypothesis proposes that culture is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  stronger in women than in men 
B)  a byproduct of other human psychological mechanisms 
C)  an emergent phenomenon arising from sexual competition 
D)  none of the above 
A)  stronger in women than in men 
B)  a byproduct of other human psychological mechanisms 
C)  an emergent phenomenon arising from sexual competition 
D)  none of the above

Question 14

Traditional ________is anchored by several core assumptions challenged by evolutionary psychologists.

Accepted Answer

A)  evolutionary biology 
B)  social psychology 
C)  personality psychology 
D)  cognitive psychology 
A)  evolutionary biology 
B)  social psychology 
C)  personality psychology 
D)  cognitive psychology

Question 15

Which of the following is a finding that supports the hypothesis that morality may be sexually selected?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dominant males are more likely to demonstrate altruistic morality than non-dominant males. 
B)  Humans prefer virtuous traits in their mates. 
C)  Demonstrated morality is positively correlated with attractiveness. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  Dominant males are more likely to demonstrate altruistic morality than non-dominant males. 
B)  Humans prefer virtuous traits in their mates. 
C)  Demonstrated morality is positively correlated with attractiveness. 
D)  all of the above

Question 16

Reactive heritability refers to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the interaction between heritable characteristics and environments 
B)  evolved psychological mechanisms designed to take as input one's heritable qualities as a guide to strategic solutions 
C)  selection for environments best suited for an one's heritable characteristics 
D)  all of the above 
A)  the interaction between heritable characteristics and environments 
B)  evolved psychological mechanisms designed to take as input one's heritable qualities as a guide to strategic solutions 
C)  selection for environments best suited for an one's heritable characteristics 
D)  all of the above

Question 17

Tests of the frequentist hypothesis reveal that performance on the above problem-called the medical diagnosis problem-follows which pattern, from worst to best?

Accepted Answer

A)  medical diagnosis problem, frequency information, visual information 
B)  frequency information, medical diagnosis problem, visual information 
C)  medical diagnosis problem, visual information, frequency information 
D)  visual information, frequency information, medical diagnosis problem 
A)  medical diagnosis problem, frequency information, visual information 
B)  frequency information, medical diagnosis problem, visual information 
C)  medical diagnosis problem, visual information, frequency information 
D)  visual information, frequency information, medical diagnosis problem

Psychopaths display "predatory memory" for potential victims who display which of the following traits?

The commitment skepticism bias, descent illusion, and auditory looming bias imply that humans __________.

Developmental evolutionary psychology stress which of the following?

Dysfunction occurs when the __________.

According to Nairne's work on memory systems, which of the following should be best recalled?

Gangestad and Buss found that parasite prevalence is ___________ correlated with the importance that people in those cultures paced on physical attractiveness in a mate.

Embarrassment evolved __________.

People who are high on the K-factor exhibit __________.

A computational theory __________.

Which hypothesis for the evolution of language has the MOST serious difficulties in explaining available data?

Which of the following is true of the effects of prestige on cultural transmission?

The display hypothesis proposes that culture is __________.

Traditional ________is anchored by several core assumptions challenged by evolutionary psychologists.

Which of the following is a finding that supports the hypothesis that morality may be sexually selected?

Reactive heritability refers to __________.

Tests of the frequentist hypothesis reveal that performance on the above problem-called the medical diagnosis problem-follows which pattern, from worst to best?

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

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Exam 13: Toward a Unified Evolutionary Psychology

Psychopaths display "predatory memory" for potential victims who display which of the following traits?

The commitment skepticism bias, descent illusion, and auditory looming bias imply that humans __________.

Developmental evolutionary psychology stress which of the following?

Dysfunction occurs when the __________.

According to Nairne's work on memory systems, which of the following should be best recalled?

Gangestad and Buss found that parasite prevalence is ___________ correlated with the importance that people in those cultures paced on physical attractiveness in a mate.

Embarrassment evolved __________.

People who are high on the K-factor exhibit __________.

A computational theory __________.

Which hypothesis for the evolution of language has the MOST serious difficulties in explaining available data?

Which of the following is true of the effects of prestige on cultural transmission?

The display hypothesis proposes that culture is __________.

Traditional ________is anchored by several core assumptions challenged by evolutionary psychologists.

Which of the following is a finding that supports the hypothesis that morality may be sexually selected?

Reactive heritability refers to __________.

Tests of the frequentist hypothesis reveal that performance on the above problem-called the medical diagnosis problem-follows which pattern, from worst to best?

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