Sexual selection may explain
A) traits that cannot be explained by natural selection.
B) why older men find young women attractive.
C) cultural differences in mating.
D) conscious and unconscious experience.
Question 2The expanded notion of gene reproduction and survival is called
A) total fitness.
B) natural selection.
C) expanded selection.
D) inclusive fitness.
Question 3According to Cosmides and Tooby, what is acted on by natural selection?
A) society
B) only our adaptive traits
C) the brain
D) genes
Question 4With respect to the nature-nurture problem, evolutionary psychologists
A) reject the nature-nurture dichotomy.
B) support the nature side of the argument.
C) support the nurture side of the argument.
D) ask how much nature, how much nurture?
Question 5Fluctuating Asymmetry (FA) refers to
A) differences between the right and left halves of the body.
B) the asymmetric power differences between men and women.
C) the asymmetric economic differences between men and women.
D) the different mating strategies than men and women use.
Question 6An example of a cultural universal is
A) aid for the poor.
B) collective bargaining.
C) democracy on the march.
D) incest avoidance.
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