Exam 8: Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality

The idea that adaptive problems accomplish specific adaptive goals is known as

In life or death situations the primary variable that predicts helping behavior is the _____ of the person in need of assistance.

_____ emerge from and interact with recurrent structures of the world in a manner that solves adaptive problems and aids in reproductive success.

If the sex ratios between males and females are about the same and one man has several mates the other men must, by default, be without a mate.This is an example of _____ polygny.

These are all components of the "double-shot" hypothesis EXCEPT

A peacock's elaborate plumage is probably the result of _____ selection.

The presence or absence of a father during early childhood is an example of _____ that is associated with individual differences.

Alma believes in long-term relationships.She will not date divorced men and does not believe in premarital sexual intercourse.She is most likely pursuing a(n) _____ mating strategy.

The idea that a man might decide on a particular social strategy based on how he views himself is an example of

Buss and his colleagues found that when men imagined that their partner's were committing sexual infidelity

Differential gene production is defined as

According to the "double-shot" hypothesis of sex differences in jealousy,

Research on homicides indicates that _____ are most likely to kill _____.

Shauna knows that men appreciate a woman with very attractive legs.She works out frequently to keep her body in shape and before she goes out for the evening puts on a dress and pair of shoes that accentuate her attractive legs.Shauna is reacting to the _____ pressure exerted by men on women.

A study conducted by Clark and Hatfield found that about _____ percent of men agreed to have sex with an attractive stranger of the opposite sex.

Traits that lead to mating benefits rather than survival benefits are probably

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

Donald competes to make more money than the rest of his male friends.When he picks the most attractive woman as his spouse, this is an example of _____ selection.

_____ occur(s) when members of one sex choose mates based on their preferences for particular characteristics in the opposite sex.

Biff works out for hours on end since he knows that women like muscular guys.He is reacting to the ______ selection pressure exerted by human females on males.