Question 1

The sexual overperception bias is strongest among ________ who require ________ emotional closeness before intercourse.

Accepted Answer

A)  women;lots of 
B)  women;little 
C)  men;lots of 
D)  men;little

Question 2

According to evolutionary psychologists,our predisposition to overconsume fatty junk foods most clearly illustrates that we are biologically prepared to behave in ways that promoted the ________ of our ancestors.

Accepted Answer

A)  hunting skills 
B)  social scripts 
C)  reproductive success 
D)  domestication

Question 3

Several organisms from a strain of bacteria infecting hospital patients inherited a mutation that increased their resistance to the hospital's antibacterial drugs.Over time,the drug-resistant bacteria increasingly outnumbered the bacteria without the mutation.This best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  domestication. 
B)  sexual overperception. 
C)  natural selection. 
D)  a social script.

Question 4

Professor Archibald suggests that men are more likely than women to initiate casual sex because this has historically served to be a more successful reproductive strategy for men than for women.The professor's suggestion best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  social learning theory. 
B)  an evolutionary perspective. 
C)  moral grammar. 
D)  Freudian theory.

Question 5

If a genetically based attraction to beautiful people contributes to survival,that trait will likely be passed on to subsequent generations.This best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  domestication. 
B)  natural selection. 
C)  a social script. 
D)  a sexual overperception bias.

Question 6

Our shared human genome is the complete

Accepted Answer

A)  collection of sexual characteristics common to both women and men. 
B)  range of biological and behavioral traits that contribute to reproductive success. 
C)  genetic profile common to all humanity. 
D)  set of interactions between our shared genes and our shared environments.

Question 7

Heterosexual women are most attracted to tall men with slim waists and broad shoulders.Evolutionary psychology most clearly attributes this preference to the fact that these physical characteristics are associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  a universal moral grammar. 
B)  a sexual overperception bias. 
C)  reproductive success. 
D)  genetic mutations.

Question 8

Evolutionary psychologists would be most likely to predict that

Accepted Answer

A)  more people are biologically predisposed to fear guns than to fear snakes. 
B)  children are more likely to be valued by their biological fathers than by their stepfathers. 
C)  people are the most romantically attracted to those who are the most genetically dissimilar to themselves. 
D)  genetic predispositions have little effect on our social relationships.

Question 9

Which of the following is a major source of genetic diversity?

Accepted Answer

A)  mutations 
B)  epigenetic marks 
C)  adaptive flexibility 
D)  free-floating stress hormones

Question 10

Many would consider it ironic that men are more likely than women to feel comfortable about having casual sex with multiple partners and yet at the same time more likely to feel jealous and angry if a mate has sex with someone else.How might evolutionary psychology explain these gender differences? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this evolutionary explanation?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Many would consider it ironic that men...

Question 11

An evolutionary psychologist would suggest that people are genetically predisposed to

Accepted Answer

A)  fear dangerous animals. 
B)  love their own children. 
C)  seek healthy-looking mates. 
D)  do all of these things.

Question 12

Evolutionary psychology most clearly suggests that human behavioral and biological similarities arise from our shared

Accepted Answer

A)  protein molecules. 
B)  genome. 
C)  social scripts. 
D)  sexual overperception bias.

Question 13

According to evolutionary psychology,men's tendency to pair widely and women's tendency to pair wisely are best explained by the fact that these differing strategies have contributed to men's and women's

Accepted Answer

A)  shared human genome. 
B)  reproductive success. 
C)  social scripts. 
D)  genetic mutations.

Question 14

Compared with women,men are more likely to

Accepted Answer

A)  report low levels of marital satisfaction. 
B)  smile at members of the opposite sex. 
C)  misperceive simple friendliness as a sexual come-on. 
D)  attribute their first sexual intercourse to feelings of affection.

Question 15

Evolutionary psychologists are most likely to suggest that "a universal moral grammar" arises from our shared human

Accepted Answer

A)  genome. 
B)  social scripts. 
C)  food shortages. 
D)  taste preferences.

Question 16

According to evolutionary psychologists,behaviors that promote reproductive success are likely to be

Accepted Answer

A)  socially prohibited. 
B)  genetically predisposed. 
C)  ecologically disruptive. 
D)  disease-producing.

Question 17

Evolutionary psychologists would be most likely to predict that 40-year-old single men will seek to marry women who are ________ than they are.

Accepted Answer

A)  less physically attractive 
B)  more sexually experienced 
C)  younger 
D)  more aggressive toward sexual rivals

Question 18

A random error in gene replication is known as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  adaptation. 
B)  genome. 
C)  mutation. 
D)  selected trait.

Question 19

The researchers who domesticated foxes through selective mating were

Accepted Answer

A)  Belyaev and Trut. 
B)  Dawkins and Darwin. 
C)  Pinker and Segall. 
D)  Eagly and Wood.

Question 20

Which approach is most likely to attribute gender differences in mating preferences to the impact of watching and imitating readily available social scripts?

Accepted Answer

A)  evolutionary psychology 
B)  social learning theory 
C)  behavior genetics 
D)  Freudian psychology

Exam 11: Adulthood, and Reflections on Developmental Issues

The sexual overperception bias is strongest among who require emotional closeness before intercourse.