Module 11: Evolutionary Psychology

Question 1

evolutionary psychology

Answer 1

study of the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of natural selection (focus on what makes us alike as humans)

Question 2

natural selection

Answer 2

“survival of the fittest”; principle that inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will most likely be lost

Question 3

genome

Answer 3

the complete set of genes or genetic material; humans share a common ________

Question 4

genes and experience…

Answer 4

…wire the brain

Question 5

adaptive flexibility

Answer 5

contributes to ability to survive and reproduce

Question 6

promiscuity in men vs women

Answer 6

men: more likely to have their genes continue and spread in the next generation

women: wouldn’t greatly increase the number of babies born & there is a high cost to birth

Question 7

physical preferences

Answer 7

men: women with signs of fertility (narrow waist, fuller figure)

women: men with loyal behavior & physical/social power

Question 8

men chose _______ women choose _______

Answer 8

men choose widely women choose wisely