Exam 2: Culture and Nature

Research about the sex and sexuality has demonstrated that ____.

The automatic system is to ____ as the deliberate system is to ____.

The human brain evolved to be larger than other animals' brains because it allowed humans to ____.

The term "psyche" refers to ____.

The automatic system is to ____ as the deliberate system is to ____.

When faced with a time trade-off, nature tends to ____.

Who coined the term "survival of the fittest"?

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

Explain the fundamental principles behind social brain theory.

The two ways of prolonging life are mutation and reproduction.

Driving on the right-hand side of the road in the United States is an example of praxis.

Culture is simply a shared way of doing things.

According to your text, a major and recent concern of evolutionary psychologists has been to understand gender differences in ____.

Suppose you are a human resources professional and you employer has just imposed a number of new workplace conduct policies ranging from how phones and e-mails are to be answered to what is permitted on desks and cubicle walls. Based on what you know about how people learn, you would expect to find the best learning ____.

Among animal species that are meat-eating, ____.

Which statement about survival is most accurate?

In recent years, evolutionary psychologists have focused most attention on which topic?

The case of Little Brenda, who was born a biological male but raised as a girl, illustrates that ____.

Which statement is true regarding the phrase "survival of the fittest"?

The idea that the human brain has evolved specifically to enhance humans' ability to form relationships, interact, and-ultimately-develop culture is known as ________________.