Exam 7: The Evolutionary Psychology of Social Behaviour Kin Relationships and Conflict

The 'Cinderella effect' where step-parents are considered to provide less than biological parents to children was proposed by:

There is evidence that growth of the embryo and placenta are under control of:

The battle over blood sugar between mother and foetus involves the hormone:

The coefficient of relatedness between grandparents and grandchildren is:

'Hamilton's rule' and can be reduced to this simple formula of:

Genes involved in the production of the molecules on the surface of body cells are known as:

Siblings may share __ per cent of their genes with each other and with other members of their species. They will, however, share only __ per cent on average from their common parentage:

If a pregnancy is to progress, then high levels of _________are required:

Soldier (and worker) castes are sterile and are more closely related to their sisters (r = ___) than they would be to offspring (r = ___) they produced themselves

When a relative is recognised due to location this is based on:

According to Hamilton, ultimately costs and benefits are measured in terms of:

The term kin selection was first used by:

Which evolutionist is believed to have suggested he would risk his life for at least an identical twin or eight cousins:

The 1976 book 'The Use and Abuse of Biology' which was critical of kin selection theory was written by:

__selected species are adapted to stable environments and tend to live longer whereas, __selected species are found where, due to unpredictable conditions, it may pay a parent to produce large numbers of offspring which develop very rapidly:

Modern-day evolutionists consider the genes which are passed on to the next generation via an individual's own offspring as their __________and those which are passed on via aid to other kin as their _________.

Conflictual encounters between mother and teenage daughter in rural Trinidad is highest when:

Naked mole rats are highly in breed having an 'r' of:

In the chapter it was suggested that tantrums have been observed in a wide variety of infant animals as an attempt to increase maternal investment including:

Social psychology has developed a series of mini-theories but lacks an overarching metatheory according to: