Evolutionary Explanations of Behaviour - Quiz

	1. What % of human genes do all humans have in common?
		99.9%
		99%
		9.9%

	2. Evolutionary psychologists are interested in the ................. ............. of human behaviour:
		common sense
		common denominator
		common architecture

	3. Evolutionary psychologists use the phrase "eat dung and die" because:
		they like dung
		flies are adapted to eat dung, whereas humans are not
		they hate dung

	4. Who first put forward the theory of natural selection?
		God
		Einstein
		Darwin

	5. "Choosing a mate" (1996) was written by:
		Cartwright
		Clamp
		Andrew

	6. According to evolutionary psychology, a man will choose a woman who:
		has loads of money
		is attractive (and therefore fertile)
		is slim

	7. According to evolutionary psychology, a woman will choose a man who:
		is attractive (and therefore fertile)
		has status and resources
		is muscular

	8. Who studied lonely hearts advertisements in order to support his evolutionary psychology ideas on sexual selection?
		Dunbar
		Buss
		Singh

	9. Who carried out similar research, exploring WHRs?
		Dunbar
		Buss
		Singh

	10. "Parent-offspring conflict" (1998) was written by:
		Clamp
		Andrew
		Cartwright

	11. The key psychologist who has studied parent-offspring conflict is:
		Savage-Rumbaugh
		Gardner
		Trivers

	12. If a pregnant woman gets high blood pressure, Haig (93) argues this is because:
		the foetus is demanding more food, via the blood supply
		she is not getting enough rest
		she is about to give birth

	13. According to evolutionary psychology, a mother wants to wean her child as soon as possible because:
		she wants to go on holiday
		she wants to get ready for the next baby
		she thinks the baby is too old for breast/bottle feeding

	14. Children use one of the following strategies to get more parental time and attention:
		running away
		temper tantrums
		laughing

	15. In 1993 the Chinese killed how many live girls?
		250,000
		2,500,000
		25,000

	16. One of the problems with the evolutionary explanation of sexual selection is:
		it has no evidence to support it
		it is sexist, and tends to reinforce stereotypical male attitudes
		it is misleading

	17. One of the problems is that, like Freudian theory, evolutionary explanations:
		are non-falsifiable
		are non-verifiable
		are non-significant

	18. Another problem with evolutionary explanations is they end to be:
		unethical
		ideological
		reductionist

	19. Evolutionary theory tends to ignore:
		genetic factors
		social factors
		natural selection

	20. Finally, evolutionary explanations of human behaviour are:
		partial
		complete
		incorrect

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