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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. What is the "Machiavellian" hypothesis?

2. What have anthropologists found to be a universal characteristic of humans across different cultures?

3. What is negative about having many females?

4. What type of male do women find the most attractive?

5. Men and women behave and perform certain roles in every _______ and _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What need is human language built around?

2. What seems to be the best for most women and men and why?

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

4. From the Red Queen Theory, what do we learn about cheaters?

5. What happens if a man thinks his female has been cheating?

6. What is different between humans and primates?

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

8. What do women universally prefer?

9. What do studies on the pine mole show about the differences between male and female pine mole minds?

10. What biological incentives are passed down to many males?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How, in Ridley's eyes, is polygamy a successful situation for sexual reproduction? Explain. Why do most modern societies oppose polygamy? If a group of people wants to be polygamous, do you think they should be able to do so?

Essay Topic 2

Ridley asserts that experiences as well as biological changes have made male and female minds different. Does Ridley view this as a negative? In the past, how has this statement been derogatory towards women? How has it made women be seen as unequal in the eyes of men?

Essay Topic 3

As cheaters get caught, what happens to their ability to cheat? How does the Red Queen Theory say that cheaters will react to improved cheating detectors? Do you agree?

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