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An Evolutionary approach to personality
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Multiple Choice Quiz



1

Two male deer that lock antlers demonstrate
A)intersexual selection.
B)intrasexual selection.
C)reactive heritability.
D)byproducts of adaptation.
2

Who of the following would you be most likely to help according to inclusive fitness theory?
A)a stranger
B)a friend
C)a sibling
D)a cousin
3

Adaptations
A)are not solutions to adaptive problems.
B)are specific solutions to adaptive problems.
C)often solve multiple adaptive problems.
D)are always the result of survival selection.
4

The _____ to research is always driven by theories
A)inductive reasoning approach
B)deductive reasoning approach
C)experimental approach
D)correlational approach
5

Paternal uncertainty is an adaptive problem for
A)men.
B)women.
C)all humans.
D)non-human species only.
6

Cross cultural research on sex differences in aggression
A)has supported evolutionary theory.
B)does not have any bearing on evolutionary theory.
C)has shown that high status males are most likely to commit murder.
D)has shown that married males are more likely to commit murder.
7

Research suggests that
A)men do not care about sexual infidelity.
B)women do not care about sexual infidelity.
C)the double shot hypothesis explains sex differences in jealousy.
D)none of the above
8

A study conducted by Clark and Hatfield found that about _____ percent of women agreed to have sex with an attractive stranger of the opposite sex.
A)0
B)25
C)75
D)100
9

The finding that muscular men are more likely to become juvenile delinquents (i.e., they are more aggressive) is consistent with the idea of
A)an environmental effect that influences personality.
B)an adaptive self-assessment.
C)a frequency dependent alternative strategy.
D)sex differences in jealousy.