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Evolutionary psychology and Comparative method

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1Why is evolutionary theory important in psychology
1. AIt could provide insights into human condition (tooby and Cosmides, 1996)
2. BDarwin put it across to understand human behaviour
3. CIts part of comparative psychology
4. DIt helps with behavioural genetics
2What areas of Evolutionary influence affected psychology
1. ACognitive psychology, neuorpsychology, and fitness theory
2. Bsociobiology (evolutionary psychology), behavioural genetics, comparative psyhology
3. CMating, relationships, and how humans adapt
3Why is Darwin important?
1. AHe was the first to come up with a viable mechanism in which evolution toke place
2. BHe was the first to state that life on earth has been changning
3. CHe proposed the theory of genetic inheritence
4What is the process that is based on Biological variation and competition over limited resources referred to as?
1. ASurvival of the fittest
2. BBlending
3. CNatural selection
4. DThe Selfish gene
5A good example of natural selection is
1. AThe highland cow, domestically bred
2. BWooly Mammoth
3. CSally the sheep
4. DThe pea
6Blending theory is incompatible with natural selection because..
1. AAll variability will be eliminated
2. BTraits will be blended together
3. CGenes will no longer be the same
7Darwins theory of evolution is best combined with
1. AHerbert spencer, survival of the fittest
2. BThe selfish genes by Dawkins
3. CMendel, genetic inheritence
8What is the best way to measure someones genetic success
1. AHow healthy they are
2. Bhow many children they have
3. CHow many mating partners they attract
4. DHow many healthy great grandchildren they have
9What did Scott and Fuller, 1965 propose?
1. AHow to select traits in dogs
2. Bevidence of inherited behaviour differences between breeds of dogs
3. CEvidence of mixing traits to make certain dogs look two different breeds
4. DIdentified unique behaviour features in dogs
10What is special about the human hand
1. AFleshy pads and opposable thumb, napier, 1993,
2. BWe all have five fingers, that move freely, Marcus, 1967
3. CIndex finger and thumb that are able to touch, John 1954

11All primates have _____
1. Aprotrusion of bone on the finger bone
2. Bprogenitors that lived on the African continent
3. CThe same brain size
4. DGrasping dextrous hands
12The styloid process is a protrusion of bone on the....
1. Aarm bone that is attached to the hand
2. Bfinger bone that attached to the wrist
3. CThe the thumb bone, only attached to wrist
4. DIts a process evident on all of our bones
13The styloid process (Ward 2014) is evident in:
1. AModern chimpanzés
2. BEarly hominid, Australopithecus
3. CHomo erectus
4. DHomo habilis
1440,800 years old Neanderthal Cave Art (Pike et al., 2012) shows
1. Aexistence of fingerprints
2. Bexistence of feet prints
3. Cexistence of hand prints
4. Dexistence of a palm with index and thumb fingers
15Carl Von Linné (1758) proposed
1. AHumans have a special anatomy
2. BHumans are primates
3. CHumans are closely allied to chimapanzes
16Darwin argued we are
1. Ahumans most anatomically similar to monkeys and apes
2. Bthat we share common ancestors with living primate
3. CBoth
4. DNone
17A fossil (Australopithecus africanus) is, and shows
1. AA handy Man – because there is evidence of stone tools
2. BA brain the size of a chimpanzee, showing adaptations for bipedalism ( walking on two leg)
3. CA upright Man – invented fire
4. Dnone of the above
18Homo habilis, a fossil is evidence for
1. AA handy man
2. BA caveman
3. CA chimpanzee
4. DA primate
19A fossil of an Upright man is referred to as?
1. AHomo habilis
2. BHomo erectus
3. Chominids
4. DAustralopithecus
20Fossils tell us little about evolution of behaviour, we need:
1. AThe comparative method
2. BBehavioural genetics
3. CThe primate family tree
4. DNone of the above
21What makes humans primates?
1. ABinocular vision, grasping hands, walking on two legs, more intelliegent
2. BGrasping hands, highly social, more intelligent ,
3. CBinocular vision, big brains, long lived, highly socially
22major groups (or superfamilies) within the Order of Primates include:
1. AProsimians, New World Monkeys, Old World Monkeys and Apes
2. BProsimians, New World Monkeys, chimpanzee and Apes.
3. CNew World Monkeys, Prosimians, Apes and gorillas
4. DOld World Monkeys, Apes,Prosimians and Baboons
23Human beings are a type of (scientifically) :
1. Agreat apes
2. BGorillas
3. CChimpanzees
4. DBaboons
24Humans share:
1. AThe common ancestors at some time in the past with each species
2. BShare the same ancestors with Apes
3. C50% DNA similarities with Apes
25We compare genetic similarities amongst species by:
1. ADNA
2. BHybridisation
3. CDAN and Hybridisation
26Sibley and Alquist, 1984 found:
1. Agreat similarities with Humans, and greater apes, especially Chimpanzees by looking at their DNA.
2. BHumans had less of a similarity between other primates by looking at DNA
3. CChimpanzees were greatly related to gorillas rather than Humans
27Humans are the ONLY mammals that
1. AWalk on two legs (Bipedalism)
2. BHave a grasping hand
3. CNone
28Sockol et al (2007) compared the energetics of knuckle and bipedal walking in chimpanzees and compared it to humans. What did they find :
1. AThey found that bipedal walking was less energetically costly than knuckle-walking
2. BThey found that knuckle-walking was less energetically costly than bipedal walking
3. CNo difference in energetic cost between knuckle walking and bipedal walking
29Napier & Napier 1990 argued:
1. ABipedalism allowed for precision grips, that great apes found difficult
2. BGreat apes find it easy to use precision grips and preferred it to Semi-presion grips
3. CGreat apes didn't know how to grip for long at all
30Which species are able to make tools like humans
1. AChimpanzees
2. BApes
3. CGorillas
4. Donly humans can make tools
31Habitual tool using species are:
1. AChimpanzees
2. BOrangtuans
3. CCapuchin Monkeys
4. DCaledonian Crows
5. EAll of these
32Our brains are:
1. A3 times bigger than Chimpanzees
2. B2 times bigger than a Chimpanzees
3. CThe same size as a chimpanzees
4. DSmaller than a chimpanzees
5. EOur brain is 7.5 times bigger than an average mammal of our body size (Jerrison 1973).
  Our brain is 3.1 times as big as one would expect for an average primate of our body size
33humans are foetal-like at birth because:
1. AThe brain continues to grow after birth
2. BOur bones do not calcify unit one year after birth

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