Question 1

The adaptive conservatism hypothesis has been used to explain __________.

Accepted Answer

A) the human tendency to take few risks 
B) the human tendency to overgeneralize dangers to unlikely triggers 
C) the human tendency to overstate one's social importance 
D) the human tendency to overstate the political objectives of allies and foes 
A) the human tendency to take few risks 
B) the human tendency to overgeneralize dangers to unlikely triggers 
C) the human tendency to overstate one's social importance 
D) the human tendency to overstate the political objectives of allies and foes

Question 2

Elevated testosterone early in life can __________ in later life.

Accepted Answer

A) have beneficial effects 
B) have no effects 
C) have detrimental effects 
D) be higher 
A) have beneficial effects 
B) have no effects 
C) have detrimental effects 
D) be higher

Question 3

Which of the following pieces of evidence illustrates that disgust is still adaptive in the current environment?

Accepted Answer

A) People who are most easily disgusted have fewer infections. 
B) Babies show evidence of disgust from birth. 
C) Women are more easily disgusted than men by disease-carrying objects. 
D) People find more materials in the modern environment to be disgusting than materials found in ancestral environments. 
A) People who are most easily disgusted have fewer infections. 
B) Babies show evidence of disgust from birth. 
C) Women are more easily disgusted than men by disease-carrying objects. 
D) People find more materials in the modern environment to be disgusting than materials found in ancestral environments.

Question 4

Senescence refers to __________.

Accepted Answer

A) the deterioration of all bodily mechanisms as an organism ages 
B) humans' fears related to adaptive problems in ancestral environments 
C) an elevated amount of iron in one's blood 
D) the process whereby a gene can have two or more effects 
A) the deterioration of all bodily mechanisms as an organism ages 
B) humans' fears related to adaptive problems in ancestral environments 
C) an elevated amount of iron in one's blood 
D) the process whereby a gene can have two or more effects

Question 5

The probable function of psychological mechanisms designed to produce disgust is __________.

Accepted Answer

A) signaling to others dislike of something 
B) expelling toxins 
C) providing an emotional cue to damaging toxins 
D) protecting the body against ingesting or coming into contact with toxins 
A) signaling to others dislike of something 
B) expelling toxins 
C) providing an emotional cue to damaging toxins 
D) protecting the body against ingesting or coming into contact with toxins

Question 6

The savanna hypothesis states that selection favored __________.

Accepted Answer

A) preferences to settle in environments with abundant resources 
B) preferences to settle on islands 
C) humans who did not prefer to settle in resource-rich environments 
D) better spatial skills in resource-rich environments 
A) preferences to settle in environments with abundant resources 
B) preferences to settle on islands 
C) humans who did not prefer to settle in resource-rich environments 
D) better spatial skills in resource-rich environments

Question 7

__________ are much more likely to commit suicide when they _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) Men;experience an unexpected status gain 
B) Men;are of old age 
C) Women;are of old age 
D) Women;are menstruating 
A) Men;experience an unexpected status gain 
B) Men;are of old age 
C) Women;are of old age 
D) Women;are menstruating

Question 8

The fact that children everywhere need to be coaxed into eating certain foods,such as broccoli and Brussels sprouts,is likely due to which of the following proposed adaptations?

Accepted Answer

A) the potlatch effect 
B) the provisioning hypothesis 
C) taste neophobia 
D) taste neophilia 
A) the potlatch effect 
B) the provisioning hypothesis 
C) taste neophobia 
D) taste neophilia

Question 9

The embryo protection hypothesis predicts that women who failed to protect embryos in ancestral environments would have __________.

Accepted Answer

A) failed to survive long enough to reproduce 
B) failed to become our ancestors 
C) had a more difficult time attracting mates than women who could protect embryos 
D) invested more in other relatives' offspring 
A) failed to survive long enough to reproduce 
B) failed to become our ancestors 
C) had a more difficult time attracting mates than women who could protect embryos 
D) invested more in other relatives' offspring

Question 10

Selection is weaker later in life because __________.

Accepted Answer

A) most reproduction has already occurred 
B) little empirical work has examined the effects selection had on older adults 
C) selection operates more strongly on women than on men 
D) there are fewer men alive later in life 
A) most reproduction has already occurred 
B) little empirical work has examined the effects selection had on older adults 
C) selection operates more strongly on women than on men 
D) there are fewer men alive later in life

Question 11

Why would women possess a lower threshold for disgust than men?

Accepted Answer

A) because men possess other adaptations that help them avoid disease: namely,lower sensation seeking 
B) because their immune systems are less robust than men's 
C) because they have to take care of infants and children who have less developed immune systems 
D) all of the above 
A) because men possess other adaptations that help them avoid disease: namely,lower sensation seeking 
B) because their immune systems are less robust than men's 
C) because they have to take care of infants and children who have less developed immune systems 
D) all of the above

Question 12

Which of the following is a piece of evidence indicating that food sharing is important to mating?

Accepted Answer

A) Stone tools have been consistently found in the same sites as bones from large game animals. 
B) Divorcing men for a failure to provide food is not uncommon in tribal groups. 
C) Humans' diets generally consist of 20-40 percent meat. 
D) Men generally engage in most or all of the hunting while women do most of the gathering. 
A) Stone tools have been consistently found in the same sites as bones from large game animals. 
B) Divorcing men for a failure to provide food is not uncommon in tribal groups. 
C) Humans' diets generally consist of 20-40 percent meat. 
D) Men generally engage in most or all of the hunting while women do most of the gathering.

Question 13

Plants produce toxins as a __________.

Accepted Answer

A) byproduct of other nutrients being absorbed into the plant 
B) method of storing nutrients that they may need 
C) adaptation for reducing the likelihood of getting eaten 
D) adaptation for chemical warfare against other plants 
A) byproduct of other nutrients being absorbed into the plant 
B) method of storing nutrients that they may need 
C) adaptation for reducing the likelihood of getting eaten 
D) adaptation for chemical warfare against other plants

Question 14

Rates of bacterial food poisoning are ________ in cultures with fewer spices.

Accepted Answer

A) higher 
B) lower 
C) equal 
D) not present 
A) higher 
B) lower 
C) equal 
D) not present

Question 15

The gathering hypothesis suggests a greater role for__________ in the evolution of human behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) spatial skills 
B) men 
C) social exchange 
D) women 
A) spatial skills 
B) men 
C) social exchange 
D) women

Question 16

The frugivory-product hypothesis predicts that __________.

Accepted Answer

A) drinking alcohol is an adaptation designed to reduce parasite loads 
B) drinking alcohol is a byproduct of adaptive preferences for decreased inhibition 
C) drinking alcohol is an adaptation designed to increase the likelihood of gaining access to attractive mates 
D) drinking alcohol is a byproduct of adaptive preferences for ripe fruits 
A) drinking alcohol is an adaptation designed to reduce parasite loads 
B) drinking alcohol is a byproduct of adaptive preferences for decreased inhibition 
C) drinking alcohol is an adaptation designed to increase the likelihood of gaining access to attractive mates 
D) drinking alcohol is a byproduct of adaptive preferences for ripe fruits

Question 17

Which of the following could be presented as evidence for evolved psychological mechanisms designed specifically for gathering that can be found in women today?

Accepted Answer

A) Children,when presented with both meat and plant products,tend to eat more plant products. 
B) Women prefer the taste of plant products more than men. 
C) Women locate specific plants within a large complex array more quickly and accurately than men. 
D) Women take longer to memorize the scientific names of plants than men,but tend to remember them for an extended period of time. 
A) Children,when presented with both meat and plant products,tend to eat more plant products. 
B) Women prefer the taste of plant products more than men. 
C) Women locate specific plants within a large complex array more quickly and accurately than men. 
D) Women take longer to memorize the scientific names of plants than men,but tend to remember them for an extended period of time.

Question 18

Which of the following,if found,would not support Wrangham's cooking hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

A) Cooking is universal among human societies. 
B) Humans experience lower fitness on raw food diets. 
C) Cooking decreases the net energy value of the food. 
D) Digesting raw foods burns more calories because they are harder to digest. 
A) Cooking is universal among human societies. 
B) Humans experience lower fitness on raw food diets. 
C) Cooking decreases the net energy value of the food. 
D) Digesting raw foods burns more calories because they are harder to digest.

Question 19

Which of the following represents the relative degree to which pregnant women experience food aversions,from most aversive to least aversive?

Accepted Answer

A) coffee,meat,bread 
B) bread,vegetables,meat 
C) vegetables,coffee,bread 
D) coffee,bread,eggs 
A) coffee,meat,bread 
B) bread,vegetables,meat 
C) vegetables,coffee,bread 
D) coffee,bread,eggs

Question 20

Women show ________ fear of events that could lead to injury compared to men because __________.

Accepted Answer

A) less;women would have encountered such events less frequently throughout our evolutionary past 
B) less;women have evolved more defenses against such attacks 
C) greater;women have evolved a more cautious strategy whereas men have evolved to take greater risks 
D) greater;women would have encountered such events more frequently throughout our evolutionary past 
A) less;women would have encountered such events less frequently throughout our evolutionary past 
B) less;women have evolved more defenses against such attacks 
C) greater;women have evolved a more cautious strategy whereas men have evolved to take greater risks 
D) greater;women would have encountered such events more frequently throughout our evolutionary past

The adaptive conservatism hypothesis has been used to explain __________.

Elevated testosterone early in life can __________ in later life.

Which of the following pieces of evidence illustrates that disgust is still adaptive in the current environment?

Senescence refers to __________.

The probable function of psychological mechanisms designed to produce disgust is __________.

The savanna hypothesis states that selection favored __________.

are much more likely to commit suicide when they _____.

The fact that children everywhere need to be coaxed into eating certain foods,such as broccoli and Brussels sprouts,is likely due to which of the following proposed adaptations?

The embryo protection hypothesis predicts that women who failed to protect embryos in ancestral environments would have __________.

Selection is weaker later in life because __________.

Why would women possess a lower threshold for disgust than men?

Which of the following is a piece of evidence indicating that food sharing is important to mating?

Plants produce toxins as a __________.

Rates of bacterial food poisoning are ________ in cultures with fewer spices.

The gathering hypothesis suggests a greater role for__________ in the evolution of human behavior.

The frugivory-product hypothesis predicts that __________.

Which of the following could be presented as evidence for evolved psychological mechanisms designed specifically for gathering that can be found in women today?

Which of the following,if found,would not support Wrangham's cooking hypothesis?

Which of the following represents the relative degree to which pregnant women experience food aversions,from most aversive to least aversive?

Women show fear of events that could lead to injury compared to men because __.

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

The adaptive conservatism hypothesis has been used to explain __________.

Elevated testosterone early in life can __________ in later life.

Which of the following pieces of evidence illustrates that disgust is still adaptive in the current environment?

Senescence refers to __________.

The probable function of psychological mechanisms designed to produce disgust is __________.

The savanna hypothesis states that selection favored __________.

__________ are much more likely to commit suicide when they _______________.

The fact that children everywhere need to be coaxed into eating certain foods,such as broccoli and Brussels sprouts,is likely due to which of the following proposed adaptations?

The embryo protection hypothesis predicts that women who failed to protect embryos in ancestral environments would have __________.

Selection is weaker later in life because __________.

Why would women possess a lower threshold for disgust than men?

Which of the following is a piece of evidence indicating that food sharing is important to mating?

Plants produce toxins as a __________.

Rates of bacterial food poisoning are ________ in cultures with fewer spices.

The gathering hypothesis suggests a greater role for__________ in the evolution of human behavior.

The frugivory-product hypothesis predicts that __________.

Which of the following could be presented as evidence for evolved psychological mechanisms designed specifically for gathering that can be found in women today?

Which of the following,if found,would not support Wrangham's cooking hypothesis?

Which of the following represents the relative degree to which pregnant women experience food aversions,from most aversive to least aversive?

Women show ________ fear of events that could lead to injury compared to men because __________.

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

are much more likely to commit suicide when they _____.

Women show fear of events that could lead to injury compared to men because __.