1. Red-feathered and blue feathered birds occupy the same environment. The birds with
the red feathers are better able to survive and avoid predators.
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population of red-feathered birds should increase in future generations. This illustrates
the process of _____.
a. genetic selection
b. natural adaptation
c. natural selection
d. genetic survival
Answer: c
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2. _____ introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection in 1859.
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Charles Darwin
c. Stephen Hawking
d. Wilhelm Wundt
Answer: b
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3. If a baboon learns to eat many different kinds of fruit instead of relying on only one
kind for its nutritive needs, we would argue that this behavior promotes its survival. Thus,
the behavior is _____.
a. adaptive
b. aggressive
c. dominant
d. submissive
Answer: a
Difficulty Level: Hard
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4. Evolution takes place:
a. over the course of many generations.
b. almost immediately.
c. when the species is ready for it.
d. due to active attempts at change on the part of the species.
Answer: a
Difficulty Level: Easy
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5. Psychology’s newest approach, _____, emphasizes the importance of adaptation,
reproduction, and “survival of the fittest” in shaping behavior.
a. behavioral psychology
b. humanistic psychology
c. cognitive psychology
d. evolutionary psychology
Answer: d
Difficulty Level: Easy
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6. According to evolutionary developmental psychologists, many evolved psychological
mechanisms are _____. That is, the mechanisms apply only to a specific aspect of a
person’s makeup.
a. domain-specific
b. maladjusted
c. non-operational
d. general purpose devices
Answer: a
Difficulty Level: Easy
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7. Which of the following statements is true about evolutionary developmental
psychology?
a. Many evolved psychological mechanisms apply only to a specific aspect of a person’s
makeup.
b. The mind is a general-purpose device that can be applied equally to a vast array of
problems.
c. All behaviors that were adaptive for our prehistoric ancestors serve us well today.
d. Evolution has not impacted human development.
Answer: a
Difficulty Level: Medium
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8. The food-scarce environment of our ancestors likely led to humans’ propensity to
gorge when food is available and to crave high-caloric foods—a trait that might lead to an
epidemic of obesity when food is plentiful. This illustrates how:
a. socialization influences the development of behavior and cognitive skills in human
beings.
b. evolved mechanisms are not always adaptive in contemporary society.
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c. organisms pass on characteristics they had acquired during their lifetime to their
offspring.
d. the benefits of evolutionary selection decrease with age.
Answer: b
Difficulty Level: Hard
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9. According to Paul Baltes, the benefits conferred with evolutionary selection _____
with age.
a. increase
b. stay the same
c. decrease
d. fluctuate
Answer: c [Show Less]