Darwin defined fitness in terms of :

Darwin defined fitness in terms of
 
  A) reproduction.
  B) the number of genes an organism perpetuates into future generations.
  C) physical strength.
  D) social desirability.

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Question 2

Natural selection refers to the fact that
 
  A) larger, more aggressive organisms survive harsh conditions.
  B) environmental demands determine which organisms survive and which do not.
  C) all organisms with adaptations will survive.
  D) the environment determines which traits are heritable.

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Question 3

When organisms produce more offspring than the environment can support
 
  A) a struggle for existence ensues.
  B) the species becomes extinct.
  C) organisms develop adaptations.
  D) the species experiences adaptive crisis.

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Question 4

In Darwins theory of evolution, an adaptation is
 
  A) transforming an older trait into a novel one.
  B) successful adjustment to environmental demands.
  C) the development of a new species.
  D) all of the above

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Question 5

Buss considered ________ to be the first evolutionary psychologist.
 
  A) Charles Darwin
  B) himself
  C) E. O. Wilson
  D) Sigmund Freud

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Question 6

What did Buss find lacking in most theories of personality?
 
  A) empirical support
  B) adequate treatment of the unconscious
  C) a fundamental and nonarbitrary set of principles
  D) falsifiability