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1
Which of following theorist laid the foundation for the modern theory of evolution?
A)Sigmund Freud
B)Charles Darwin
C)Hans Eysenck
D)Carl Rogers
2
Which one of the following is not one of the types of selection focused on by evolutionary theorists?
A)artificial selection
B)natural selection
C)seminal selection
D)sexual selection
3
The evolutionary process of natural and sexual selection and chance results in ____ distinct outcomes.
A)two
B)five
C)six
D)three
4
Who were the first thinkers to argue for an evolutionary perspective of psychological thought and behavior?
A)Freud and Jung
B)Darwin and Spencer
C)Aristotle and Plato
D)Tooby and Cosmides
5
The essence of Buss’s theory of personality revolves around adaptive problems and their _____________.
A)fundamental attribution errors
B)solutions or mechanisms
C)functional dynamics
D)fundamental situational errors
6
The term ___________ refers to the process of evolution by natural selection has produced solutions to the two basic problems of life keyed on by Darwin and Buss.
A)mechanisms
B)artificial selection
C)surgency
D)natural selection
7
___________ mechanisms are internal and specific cognitive, motivational, and personality systems that solve specific survival and reproduction problems.
A)Survival
B)Adaptive
C)Physical
D)Psychological
8
In Buss’s theory there are ____ specific main classes of mechanisms.
A)five
B)four
C)three
D)two
9
Psychological mechanisms relevant to personality can be grouped into _______ main categories.
A)three
B)two
C)four
D)five
10
Psychological mechanisms relevant to personality can be grouped into all the following categories, except:
A)goals/drives/motives.
B)nature/nurture.
C)emotions.
D)traits.





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