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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pre- Darwinian thinkers such as _____________ believed that evolution was a process of individual adaptations that were later passed down to ancestors.
(a) Russel Wallace.
(b) Richard Dawkins.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.

2. Males are interested in increasing the _________ of sexual partners whereas women are interested in increasing the ________ of sexual partners.
(a) Percentage, number.
(b) Number, percentage.
(c) Quality, number.
(d) Number, quality.

3. What can a psychiatrist expect to find in all people?
(a) Psychopathic behavior.
(b) No similarities in emotions.
(c) Similar emotions and behaviors.
(d) Extreme emotions and rational behaviors.

4. What type of civilization do the New Guinea tribes have?
(a) Scavengers.
(b) Democratic governments.
(c) Hunter gatherers.
(d) Hunters.

5. High status individuals tend to have __________.
(a) Less babies.
(b) Male babies.
(c) Female babies.
(d) No babies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to the ________________, traits that increase reproductive successes will spread and those that do not will expire.

2. Who has solutions concerning genetics?

3. What is the "good genes" theory?

4. In Chapter 5, the animals are unsure of _____________.

5. Organisms that reproduce sexually will pass immunity or defenses down to whom?

(see the answer key)

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