Evolution

Question 1

Men like women who:

Answer 1

1. Appear youthful
2. Have smooth skin, full lips, lustrous hair
3. Have waists 1/3 narrower than their hips

Question 2

Women like men who are:

Answer 2

1. Mature
2. Dominant
3. Bold
4. Affluent
5. Have the potential for
   long-term investment

Question 3

Paternal uncertainty

Answer 3

men more likely to experience sexual jealousy

Question 4

Parental investment:

Answer 4

women more likely to experience emotional

jealousy

Question 5

Kin altruism

Answer 5

Natural selection favors those who risk their own lives for their genetic
relatives

Question 6

Reciprocal altruism

Answer 6

Individuals will help non-relatives with the expectation of being helped in
return

Question 7

Subjective well-being

Answer 7

Greater left-hemisphere functioning and also associated with approach-avoid tendencies

Question 8

Suspiciousness/propensity to trust others

Answer 8

Amygdala differences (damage = too trusting)

Question 9

Novelty-seeking

Answer 9

Dopamine

Question 10

Antisocial personality disorder

Answer 10

CNS activity

Question 11

Classical conditioning

Answer 11

Stimulus 1 + Stimulus 2

Question 12

Operant conditioning

Answer 12

Behavior + Consequence

Question 13

Skinner = chaining

Answer 13

Completion of one response cues next response

Question 14

Staats = basic behavioral repertoires

Answer 14

3 behavioral categories that form the basis for the later learning of more
complex behaviors
1.Language/cognitive
2. Emotional/motivational
3. Sensory/motor
These biological predispositions form the set of responses we’ll show to
environmental triggers

Question 15

Basic behavioral repertoire psychological disorders

Answer 15

1. Emotional/motivational (ex: phobias)

2. Language/cognitive (ex: depression)

Question 16

Basic behavioral repertoire defense mechanisms

Answer 16

Repression = avoidance

of negative emotions

Question 17

EVOLUTIONARY​
PSYCHOLOGY​
DEFINITION:​

Answer 17

The perspective that applies the evolutionary principles of natural selection to understanding human psychology, including personality (Cloninger, 2008)​