Evolutionary Psychology has been criticized for engaging in panadaptationism. This means that they
A) do not see the flaws in Darwinian theory.
B) only accept evolutionary explanations for psychological phenomena.
C) attribute most if not all behavior to evolutionary influences.
D) accept only Lamarckian explanations of traits.
Question 2The most prevalent phobias
A) include fears of evolutionarily significant stimuli or events.
B) are easily treated with medications.
C) are easily treated with cognitive-evolutionary therapy.
D) can be dismissed as irrational and trivial.
Question 3Starvation due to anorexia nervosa is
A) a phenomenon observed only in contemporary societies.
B) a possible example of context failure.
C) seen only in adolescent girls.
D) a result of our cultural obsession with thinness.
Question 4Starvation due to anorexia nervosa (AN) is paradoxical because
A) individuals suffering from AN are often restless and energetic.
B) individuals suffering from AN often exercise to excess.
C) individuals suffering from AN often find food aversive or disgusting.
D) all of the above
Question 5Humans may have evolved a predisposition for addiction to alcohol because
A) ripening fruit with higher nutritional value produces alcohol.
B) humans have been fermenting alcohol for thousands of years.
C) alcohol contains dopamine.
D) intoxication is a naturally pleasant state.
Question 6Substances are addictive because
A) they fool the brains natural reward systems.
B) they contain the chemical addictophene.
C) they contain dopamine.
D) they contain ethanol.
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