Exam 2: Culture and Nature

Consider the research on the brain sizes of different animals. According to this research, after adjustment for differences in body weight, domesticated dogs should have ____ than wild, pack-living wolves.

Describe the concept of tradeoffs, and explain how tradeoffs are an important feature of human social life.

Do politicians acknowledge the tradeoffs that are inherent to political decisions?

Living in a culture offers ____ in comparison to living in a social group.

Suppose that you are in the market for a new car and having trouble deciding between two different models. If you ultimately decide to "go with your gut," then you are making a decision ____.

Most of the explanations for human behavior ultimately relate to two basic ways of answering these fundamental questions: ____.

Being social is what is most special about human beings.

Just as the user's manual for a new electronic device explains what the device can do, how it will respond when treated in certain ways, and how it will interface with other devices, information about the ________________ provides us with important information about how humans will behave and interact in different situations.

Culture is best defined as ____, involving both ____ that allows people to live together and satisfy each other's needs.

According to evolutionary theory, the main reason that males and females have different approaches when it comes to dating and mating is because ____.

When a tornado hit Joplin, Missouri, many people from all over the United States donated money and time to help the individuals in need due to that disaster. This tendency to help even total strangers illustrates the textbook's classification of humans as ____.

In describing general patterns in human nature, the textbook discusses the notion of "putting people first." This is the idea that most of the time, ____.

Which of the following is a deliberate process for MOST people?

The _____ is the part of the duplex mind that performs complex operations.

In general, social psychologists believe that natural selection happens at a(n)____.

Explain two common traits of living things.

Research indicates that humans and other primates (e.g. chimpanzees)evolved to care more about the future than about immediate costs and benefits.

Researchers who study "delay of gratification" are essentially studying ____.

Seahorses show a reversal of the usual sex roles; male seahorses invest more time and energy into offspring than female seahorses do. What would an evolutionary psychologist be MOST likely to say about this?

Which of the following is an example of a French praxis?