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1.Continental drift is important because
Select one:
a. it can facilitate speciation.
b. it can cause random changes in gene frequencies.
c. it produces adaptations.
d. none of the above
2.Generally, Buss’s cross-cultural data show that
Select one:
a. only females value traits in a mate that facilitate a long-term relationship.
b. males and females do not differ from each other in ways consistent with evolutionary theory.
c. males value female promiscuity more than females value male promiscuity.
d. cultural differences and gender differences both contribute to mate preferences.
3.The reproductive costs of polyandry may be reduced if
Select one:
a. men marry multiple women.
b. a male is able to outcompete the other husbands.
c. brothers share a wife.
d. there are at least six co-husbands to share in the responsibilities.
4. Fertility is
Select one:
a. the current probability of conceiving a child.
b. the current probability of conceiving a female offspring.
c. the number of offspring a woman can produce in the future.
d. the number of females a woman can produce in the future.
5. In adoption in industrialized societies
Select one:
a. children are adopted by close kin.
b. the identities of the natural parents are not known to the adopted child.
c. contact is maintained between the biological parents and the child after adoption.
d. biological parents do not regret giving their children up for adoption.
6. Primate females always invest in their young because
Select one:
a. primate males do not have the appropriate neurological foundation.
b. they are committed to parental investment by their physiology.
c. primates have internal fertilization.
d. b and c only