Question 1

Which of the following has been demonstrated about punitive sentiments?

Accepted Answer

A) Observing an unfair game player receiving physical pain activates the brain's reward centers. 
B) People who do the punishing and remain anonymous to the person being punished tend to punish cooperators more often. 
C) The reward centers in women's brains tend to show higher activation levels in response to witnessing punishment than the reward centers in men's brains. 
D) Younger men tend to punish female non-cooperators more than older men. 
A) Observing an unfair game player receiving physical pain activates the brain's reward centers. 
B) People who do the punishing and remain anonymous to the person being punished tend to punish cooperators more often. 
C) The reward centers in women's brains tend to show higher activation levels in response to witnessing punishment than the reward centers in men's brains. 
D) Younger men tend to punish female non-cooperators more than older men.

Question 2

Studies have documented that their participants pay more attention to,and better remember,faces of people who actually cheated in the past-even when the participant is unaware of whether the target individual cheated or not.This implies that __________.

Accepted Answer

A) people who cheat look different than people who cooperate 
B) people who cheat are more attractive than people who cooperate 
C) people have a difficult time discerning cheaters from cooperators when they are aware of whether the target cheated or not 
D) people are afraid to consciously identify cheaters 
A) people who cheat look different than people who cooperate 
B) people who cheat are more attractive than people who cooperate 
C) people have a difficult time discerning cheaters from cooperators when they are aware of whether the target cheated or not 
D) people are afraid to consciously identify cheaters

Question 3

Gigerenzer and Hug found that ___________ governs the types of cheaters for which one looks.

Accepted Answer

A) one's social experience 
B) one's point of view 
C) one's sex 
D) one's age 
A) one's social experience 
B) one's point of view 
C) one's sex 
D) one's age

Question 4

Social contract theory __________.

Accepted Answer

A) focuses on problems of reciprocal altruism but has a greater focus on kin relationships 
B) was developed originally with chimpanzees but later applied to humans 
C) was developed to explain cooperative exchange in humans with an emphasis on how humans have solved the adaptive problem of cheater detection 
D) was developed to explain cooperative exchange in humans with an emphasis on how humans have solved the adaptive problem of alliance formation 
A) focuses on problems of reciprocal altruism but has a greater focus on kin relationships 
B) was developed originally with chimpanzees but later applied to humans 
C) was developed to explain cooperative exchange in humans with an emphasis on how humans have solved the adaptive problem of cheater detection 
D) was developed to explain cooperative exchange in humans with an emphasis on how humans have solved the adaptive problem of alliance formation

Question 5

If the Prisoner's Dilemma game is played only once,the best choice of action for a given player would be to __________.

Accepted Answer

A) defect 
B) cooperate 
C) tempt 
D) behave altruistically 
A) defect 
B) cooperate 
C) tempt 
D) behave altruistically

Question 6

Friendship niches refer to __________.

Accepted Answer

A) the adaptive problem of determining what characteristics one must obtain to occupy a specific niche 
B) the adaptive problem of deciding how many friends occupy different niches and terminating as friends those that occupy more than one slot 
C) the adaptive problem of deciding how many slots are available in the group 
D) the adaptive problem of deciding who will fill limited friendship slots 
A) the adaptive problem of determining what characteristics one must obtain to occupy a specific niche 
B) the adaptive problem of deciding how many friends occupy different niches and terminating as friends those that occupy more than one slot 
C) the adaptive problem of deciding how many slots are available in the group 
D) the adaptive problem of deciding who will fill limited friendship slots

Question 7

The theory of reciprocal altruism __________.

Accepted Answer

A) defines the conditions under which mechanisms favoring altruism can evolve 
B) states that psychological mechanisms for providing benefits to non-relatives can evolve as long as the delivery of such benefits is reciprocated at some point in the future 
C) both (a)and (b) 
D) neither (a)nor (b) 
A) defines the conditions under which mechanisms favoring altruism can evolve 
B) states that psychological mechanisms for providing benefits to non-relatives can evolve as long as the delivery of such benefits is reciprocated at some point in the future 
C) both (a)and (b) 
D) neither (a)nor (b)

Question 8

Indirect reciprocity theory explains our tendency to behave altruistically __________.

Accepted Answer

A) toward cousins and other distant relatives 
B) in situations where both we and the target benefit from the act 
C) when the target of our altruism cannot reciprocate 
D) none of the above 
A) toward cousins and other distant relatives 
B) in situations where both we and the target benefit from the act 
C) when the target of our altruism cannot reciprocate 
D) none of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a means of promoting cooperation,as identified by Axelrod?

Accepted Answer

A) enlarge the shadow of the future 
B) teach reciprocity 
C) respond quickly to provocation 
D) insist on more than equity 
A) enlarge the shadow of the future 
B) teach reciprocity 
C) respond quickly to provocation 
D) insist on more than equity

Question 10

Brown proposed that humans have an adaptation that allows them to __________.

Accepted Answer

A) examine the reproductive value of children to determine where investment is most beneficially spent 
B) assess the genuineness of an altruistic act 
C) assess a cheater's intentions to reciprocate 
D) assess an altruist's motives for bestowing benefits 
A) examine the reproductive value of children to determine where investment is most beneficially spent 
B) assess the genuineness of an altruistic act 
C) assess a cheater's intentions to reciprocate 
D) assess an altruist's motives for bestowing benefits

Which of the following has been demonstrated about punitive sentiments?

Studies have documented that their participants pay more attention to,and better remember,faces of people who actually cheated in the past-even when the participant is unaware of whether the target individual cheated or not.This implies that __________.

Gigerenzer and Hug found that ___________ governs the types of cheaters for which one looks.

Social contract theory __________.

If the Prisoner's Dilemma game is played only once,the best choice of action for a given player would be to __________.

Friendship niches refer to __________.

The theory of reciprocal altruism __________.

Indirect reciprocity theory explains our tendency to behave altruistically __________.

Which of the following is NOT a means of promoting cooperation,as identified by Axelrod?

Brown proposed that humans have an adaptation that allows them to __________.

The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology

The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology

Combating the Hostile Forces of Nature: Human Survival Problems

Womens Long-Term Mating Strategies

Mens Long-Term Mating Strategies

Short-Term Sexual Strategies

Problems of Parenting

Problems of Kinship

Aggression and Warfare

Conflict Between the Sexes

Status,prestige,and Social Dominance

Toward a Unified Evolutionary Psychology

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Exam 9: Cooperative Alliances

Which of the following has been demonstrated about punitive sentiments?

Studies have documented that their participants pay more attention to,and better remember,faces of people who actually cheated in the past-even when the participant is unaware of whether the target individual cheated or not.This implies that __________.

Gigerenzer and Hug found that ___________ governs the types of cheaters for which one looks.

Social contract theory __________.

If the Prisoner's Dilemma game is played only once,the best choice of action for a given player would be to __________.

Friendship niches refer to __________.

The theory of reciprocal altruism __________.

Indirect reciprocity theory explains our tendency to behave altruistically __________.

Which of the following is NOT a means of promoting cooperation,as identified by Axelrod?

Brown proposed that humans have an adaptation that allows them to __________.

The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology

The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology

Combating the Hostile Forces of Nature: Human Survival Problems

Womens Long-Term Mating Strategies

Mens Long-Term Mating Strategies

Short-Term Sexual Strategies

Problems of Parenting

Problems of Kinship

Aggression and Warfare

Conflict Between the Sexes

Status,prestige,and Social Dominance

Toward a Unified Evolutionary Psychology

Filters