Question 1

De Catanzaro found that the frequency of sex is ____________ correlated with suicidal ideation in young men.

Accepted Answer

A) positively 
B) not 
C) negatively 
D) falsely 
A) positively 
B) not 
C) negatively 
D) falsely C

Question 2

Hostile forces of nature include all of the following except __________.

Accepted Answer

A) parasites 
B) predators 
C) kin 
D) bad weather 
A) parasites 
B) predators 
C) kin 
D) bad weather C

Question 3

How do human and rat infants solve the adaptive problem of food-seeking?

Accepted Answer

A) by getting all their calories from their mother's milk 
B) by growing a temporary set of "baby" teeth that are replaced with permanent teeth later in life 
C) by delaying the development of specialized taste receptors 
D) by exhibiting taste neophilia: the preference for novel tastes 
A) by getting all their calories from their mother's milk 
B) by growing a temporary set of "baby" teeth that are replaced with permanent teeth later in life 
C) by delaying the development of specialized taste receptors 
D) by exhibiting taste neophilia: the preference for novel tastes A

Question 4

Which of the following represents evidence for Profet's pregnancy sickness hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

A) The foods that pregnant women find most disgusting are the ones most likely to contain toxins. 
B) Pregnancy sickness peaks two to four weeks after conception. 
C) Women who do not experience pregnancy sickness are more likely to experience a spontaneous abortion. 
D) all of the above 
A) The foods that pregnant women find most disgusting are the ones most likely to contain toxins. 
B) Pregnancy sickness peaks two to four weeks after conception. 
C) Women who do not experience pregnancy sickness are more likely to experience a spontaneous abortion. 
D) all of the above

Question 5

Humans begin to show an understanding of folk biology around the age of __________.

Accepted Answer

A) three 
B) five 
C) ten 
D) fourteen 
A) three 
B) five 
C) ten 
D) fourteen

Question 6

When a rat eats a familiar food and a novel food at the same time and illness is induced,it subsequently __________.

Accepted Answer

A) avoids the familiar food 
B) avoids the novel food 
C) avoids all food for about twenty-four hours 
D) increases foraging behavior 
A) avoids the familiar food 
B) avoids the novel food 
C) avoids all food for about twenty-four hours 
D) increases foraging behavior

Question 7

Scavenging ____________ hunting as a major source of food acquisition in ancestral environments.

Accepted Answer

A) rivaled 
B) did not rival 
C) replaced 
D) was replaced by 
A) rivaled 
B) did not rival 
C) replaced 
D) was replaced by

Question 8

Which of the following was presented as evidence that humans may have evolved the ability to suppress their disgust reaction?

Accepted Answer

A) Women were willing to eat chocolate when formed in the shape of dog feces. 
B) Mothers rated the smell of their own infants' feces as less disgusting than the feces of other infants,even when mislabeled. 
C) Children tend to put novel items into their mouths,even those items which are considered disgusting by adults. 
D) Humans have never resorted to cannibalism,no matter how dire the circumstances. 
A) Women were willing to eat chocolate when formed in the shape of dog feces. 
B) Mothers rated the smell of their own infants' feces as less disgusting than the feces of other infants,even when mislabeled. 
C) Children tend to put novel items into their mouths,even those items which are considered disgusting by adults. 
D) Humans have never resorted to cannibalism,no matter how dire the circumstances.

Question 9

The showoff hypothesis and hunting hypothesis are competing explanations in that __________.

Accepted Answer

A) one argues that men provided for their families and the other that men provided food to non-family members to gain social benefits through increased status 
B) one argues that men should spend less time hunting and the other,more 
C) one argues that the majority of caloric intake is through meat and the other through vegetables 
D) one argues that women should be impressed by a male's hunting prowess and the other that women should not be impressed by a male's hunting prowess 
A) one argues that men provided for their families and the other that men provided food to non-family members to gain social benefits through increased status 
B) one argues that men should spend less time hunting and the other,more 
C) one argues that the majority of caloric intake is through meat and the other through vegetables 
D) one argues that women should be impressed by a male's hunting prowess and the other that women should not be impressed by a male's hunting prowess

Question 10

The !Kung practice of "the owner of the arrow is the owner of the meat" is the type of custom expected by the _____________ hypothesis.

Accepted Answer

A) handicap 
B) gathering 
C) showoff 
D) provisioning 
A) handicap 
B) gathering 
C) showoff 
D) provisioning

Question 11

Selection acts more strongly on men than on women because __________.

Accepted Answer

A) women have greater variability in reproduction 
B) men have greater variability in reproduction 
C) men are larger than women 
D) men die sooner than women 
A) women have greater variability in reproduction 
B) men have greater variability in reproduction 
C) men are larger than women 
D) men die sooner than women

Question 12

A key predictor of the amount of time a woman spends foraging is __________.

Accepted Answer

A) How much food her female kin have collected 
B) The amount of food her husband brings back from a hunt 
C) How well she scores on spatial tasks including location memory 
D) Her interest and enjoyment of foraging for food 
A) How much food her female kin have collected 
B) The amount of food her husband brings back from a hunt 
C) How well she scores on spatial tasks including location memory 
D) Her interest and enjoyment of foraging for food

Question 13

Which of the following lines of evidence does not suggest an evolutionary history of meat eating?

Accepted Answer

A) human fossil evidence 
B) animal fossil evidence 
C) the modern psychology of some animals to avoid humans 
D) modern vitamin deficiencies 
A) human fossil evidence 
B) animal fossil evidence 
C) the modern psychology of some animals to avoid humans 
D) modern vitamin deficiencies

Question 14

What is the adaptive function of fainting as a fear response?

Accepted Answer

A) signaling to an attacker that one is not a threat 
B) becoming alert,watchful,and vigilant 
C) remaining still to trick predators sensitive to motion cues 
D) raising blood pressure and heart rate for a surprise escape attempt 
A) signaling to an attacker that one is not a threat 
B) becoming alert,watchful,and vigilant 
C) remaining still to trick predators sensitive to motion cues 
D) raising blood pressure and heart rate for a surprise escape attempt

Question 15

Hunting can account for the emergence of all but which of the following patterns of human behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) maternal investment 
B) sexual division of labor 
C) male coalitions 
D) social exchange 
A) maternal investment 
B) sexual division of labor 
C) male coalitions 
D) social exchange

Question 16

Which of the following hypotheses predicts that meat was not a key feature of ancestral diets?

Accepted Answer

A) gathering 
B) provisioning 
C) scavenging 
D) none of the above 
A) gathering 
B) provisioning 
C) scavenging 
D) none of the above

Question 17

Folk biology is likely to be _________.

Accepted Answer

A) a byproduct 
B) an adaptation 
C) a highly variable phenomenon across cultures 
D) a tendency to disbelieve in biological properties as having evolved 
A) a byproduct 
B) an adaptation 
C) a highly variable phenomenon across cultures 
D) a tendency to disbelieve in biological properties as having evolved

Question 18

The _________ hypothesis predicts the greatest range of human behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) hunting 
B) gathering 
C) provisioning 
D) scavenging 
A) hunting 
B) gathering 
C) provisioning 
D) scavenging

Question 19

Which of the following fear responses appears to be unique to humans?

Accepted Answer

A) freeze 
B) appease 
C) fright 
D) faint 
A) freeze 
B) appease 
C) fright 
D) faint

Question 20

Evolved navigation theory predicts that __________.

Accepted Answer

A) vertical distances seem larger when at the bottom of a mountain than at the top of a cliff 
B) vertical distances seem larger when at the top of a cliff than at the bottom of a mountain 
C) horizontal distances seem smaller to men who have evolved to travel long distances during hunting 
D) horizontal distances seem smaller to women because they are shorter and thus closer to the ground 
A) vertical distances seem larger when at the bottom of a mountain than at the top of a cliff 
B) vertical distances seem larger when at the top of a cliff than at the bottom of a mountain 
C) horizontal distances seem smaller to men who have evolved to travel long distances during hunting 
D) horizontal distances seem smaller to women because they are shorter and thus closer to the ground

De Catanzaro found that the frequency of sex is ____________ correlated with suicidal ideation in young men.

Hostile forces of nature include all of the following except __________.

How do human and rat infants solve the adaptive problem of food-seeking?

Which of the following represents evidence for Profet's pregnancy sickness hypothesis?

Humans begin to show an understanding of folk biology around the age of __________.

When a rat eats a familiar food and a novel food at the same time and illness is induced,it subsequently __________.

Scavenging ____________ hunting as a major source of food acquisition in ancestral environments.

Which of the following was presented as evidence that humans may have evolved the ability to suppress their disgust reaction?

The showoff hypothesis and hunting hypothesis are competing explanations in that __________.

The !Kung practice of "the owner of the arrow is the owner of the meat" is the type of custom expected by the _____________ hypothesis.

Selection acts more strongly on men than on women because __________.

A key predictor of the amount of time a woman spends foraging is __________.

Which of the following lines of evidence does not suggest an evolutionary history of meat eating?

What is the adaptive function of fainting as a fear response?

Hunting can account for the emergence of all but which of the following patterns of human behavior?

Which of the following hypotheses predicts that meat was not a key feature of ancestral diets?

Folk biology is likely to be _________.

The _________ hypothesis predicts the greatest range of human behavior.

Which of the following fear responses appears to be unique to humans?

Evolved navigation theory predicts that __________.

The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology

The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology

Womens Long-Term Mating Strategies

Mens Long-Term Mating Strategies

Short-Term Sexual Strategies

Problems of Parenting

Problems of Kinship

Cooperative Alliances

Aggression and Warfare

Conflict Between the Sexes

Status,prestige,and Social Dominance

Toward a Unified Evolutionary Psychology

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Exam 3: Combating the Hostile Forces of Nature: Human Survival Problems

De Catanzaro found that the frequency of sex is ____________ correlated with suicidal ideation in young men.

Hostile forces of nature include all of the following except __________.

How do human and rat infants solve the adaptive problem of food-seeking?

Which of the following represents evidence for Profet's pregnancy sickness hypothesis?

Humans begin to show an understanding of folk biology around the age of __________.

When a rat eats a familiar food and a novel food at the same time and illness is induced,it subsequently __________.

Scavenging ____________ hunting as a major source of food acquisition in ancestral environments.

Which of the following was presented as evidence that humans may have evolved the ability to suppress their disgust reaction?

The showoff hypothesis and hunting hypothesis are competing explanations in that __________.

The !Kung practice of "the owner of the arrow is the owner of the meat" is the type of custom expected by the _____________ hypothesis.

Selection acts more strongly on men than on women because __________.

A key predictor of the amount of time a woman spends foraging is __________.

Which of the following lines of evidence does not suggest an evolutionary history of meat eating?

What is the adaptive function of fainting as a fear response?

Hunting can account for the emergence of all but which of the following patterns of human behavior?

Which of the following hypotheses predicts that meat was not a key feature of ancestral diets?

Folk biology is likely to be _________.

The _________ hypothesis predicts the greatest range of human behavior.

Which of the following fear responses appears to be unique to humans?

Evolved navigation theory predicts that __________.

The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology

The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology

Womens Long-Term Mating Strategies

Mens Long-Term Mating Strategies

Short-Term Sexual Strategies

Problems of Parenting

Problems of Kinship

Cooperative Alliances

Aggression and Warfare

Conflict Between the Sexes

Status,prestige,and Social Dominance

Toward a Unified Evolutionary Psychology

Filters