Question 1

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 A

Question 2

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 A

Question 3

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 B

Question 4

Which of the following tastes is associated with the most calorically dense food?

Accepted Answer

A)  salty 
B)  bitter 
C)  sour 
D)  sweet 
A)  salty 
B)  bitter 
C)  sour 
D)  sweet

Question 5

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 6

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

Question 7

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 8

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 9

Which of the following is NOT an adaptation for sharing food?

Accepted Answer

A)  a strategy of courtship 
B)  a sign of closeness in relationships 
C)  a method of unburdening oneself from food preparation 
D)  a means of reducing conflict with rivals 
A)  a strategy of courtship 
B)  a sign of closeness in relationships 
C)  a method of unburdening oneself from food preparation 
D)  a means of reducing conflict with rivals

Question 10

Folk biology is a term used to describe __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the intuition that living things come in discrete packets that correspond to distinct species 
B)  the application of popular biological concepts to everyday living 
C)  the intuition that multiple biological concepts can be integrated into one unifying concept 
D)  cognitive adaptations that are interpretable from various theoretical frameworks 
A)  the intuition that living things come in discrete packets that correspond to distinct species 
B)  the application of popular biological concepts to everyday living 
C)  the intuition that multiple biological concepts can be integrated into one unifying concept 
D)  cognitive adaptations that are interpretable from various theoretical frameworks

Question 11

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 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

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

Question 14

Women who do not have pregnancy sickness during the first trimester of their pregnancy are __________ likely to experience a spontaneous abortion.

Accepted Answer

A)  three times more 
B)  three times less 
C)  thirty times more 
D)  thirty times less 
A)  three times more 
B)  three times less 
C)  thirty times more 
D)  thirty times less

Question 15

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 16

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

Question 17

Plants produce toxins as a(n) __________.

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 18

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 19

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 20

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

The _________ hypothesis predicts the greatest range of human behavior.

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

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

Which of the following tastes is associated with the most calorically dense food?

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is NOT an adaptation for sharing food?

Folk biology is a term used to describe __________.

Senescence refers to __________.

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

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

Women who do not have pregnancy sickness during the first trimester of their pregnancy are __________ likely to experience a spontaneous abortion.

Folk biology is likely to be _________.

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

Plants produce toxins as a(n) __________.

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 savanna hypothesis states that selection favored __________.

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

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:

The _________ hypothesis predicts the greatest range of human behavior.

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

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

Which of the following tastes is associated with the most calorically dense food?

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is NOT an adaptation for sharing food?

Folk biology is a term used to describe __________.

Senescence refers to __________.

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

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

Women who do not have pregnancy sickness during the first trimester of their pregnancy are __________ likely to experience a spontaneous abortion.

Folk biology is likely to be _________.

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

Plants produce toxins as a(n) __________.

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 savanna hypothesis states that selection favored __________.

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

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

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