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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thinking that male and female brains are different is often thought to be_______.

2. From this, what seems clear?

3. Young boys show a propensity for __________.

4. What happens to children who do not hear language early on?

5. What modern day society sometime practices polygamy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Freud believe concerning incest?

2. Over the milennia, how have men and women evolved?

3. What do women universally prefer?

4. What is a good explanation of why male and female brains are different?

5. What do men universally prefer in their women?

6. Why else must men be intelligent?

7. What explanation is given at the beginning of Chapter 9?

8. Why are societies no longer polygamous?

9. What happens to children that do not learn language early?

10. What also seems to work with evolution to create changes in men and women?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why has the author chosen to write about the Red Queen Theory and the study of human nature? By studying, what does he eventually hope to learn? Do you think that he is successful in his search for knowledge?

Essay Topic 2

Male Australian turkeys build spectacular mounds. They build these mounds to attract females. When a female shares a mound with a turkey, she is saying she will give him offspring. In this case, how have mound building skills changed?

What has now become important about mound building skills?

Essay Topic 3

Why has sexual intercourse become a private matter among many humans? Is this a societal constraint that we have imposed on ourselves? Or, is it something that was biologically programmed into us? How does this aspect make us different from other species?

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