Exam 8: Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality

Alma believes in long-term relationships.She does not date divorced men or believe in premarital sexual intercourse.In this scenario,she is most likely pursuing a(n)_____ mating strategy.

Sheila attends a baby shower with her girlfriends.She knows that there are not going to be any men in the party,yet she goes out of her way to look attractive.This is an example of competition based on _____ selection.

In the context of sex differences in mate preferences,men are predicted to _____.

Some women prefer mates who will invest in their offspring,while other women prefer mates with good genes.This reflects:

A study conducted by Schutzwohl and Koch (2004)-in which participants had to listen to a story about their own romantic relationship and embedded within the story were five cues highly diagnostic of sexual infidelity and five cues highly diagnostic of emotional infidelity-found that:

More homicides can be explained by _____ than by any of the other evolutionary phenomena.

Which of the following is a characteristic of intrasexual competition?

Xenophobia,a characteristic that was probably adaptive in ancestral environments,refers to the:

According to evolutionary psychology,a man would be most upset by his mate's _____.

Rhonda only dates men whom she finds to be extremely physically attractive.She is not concerned about whether they will commit to her or about their past relationships.In this scenario,Rhonda is most likely pursuing a(n)_____ mating strategy.

Characteristics such as the shape of the human earlobe are most likely:

To determine whether something is an adaptation or a byproduct requires knowledge of:

George shows off his new baby to his neighbors.The baby looks more like George's mailman than George.George is most likely to doubt his:

The idea that some males will have more offspring than others is best known as:

_____ may have evolved as a mechanism that functions as a species-typical mechanism that prevents individuals from being socially excluded from a group.

_____ is probably a result of the human evolutionary history of living in social groups.

According to the inclusive fitness theory,the probability that you will help people depends mostly on:

These are all components of differential gene reproduction EXCEPT:

Research on helping and altruism suggests that people:

_____ can be defined as one's personal reproductive success plus the effects one has on the reproduction of his or her genetic relatives,weighted by a degree of genetic relatedness.