Exam 1

A  have self-awareness and understand the mental states of other individuals.

B  visually distinguish kin from nonkin.

C  form complex social coalitions.

D  use tools.

A  Chimpanzee females are typically more aggressive than males when in estrus.

B  Unlike humans, chimpanzee and bonobo females are only sexually receptive when they can conceive.

C  Bonobo females are sexually receptive and show signs of estrus even when they can’t conceive

D  Bonobo females display an honest advertisement of estrus to males which allows for known paternity and reduces violence among male bonobos

A  his research on bonobo sexual behavior

B  selfish gene theory

C  sperm competition

D  sociobiology

A  True

B  False

A  False

B  True

A  False

B  True

A  Save resources for anticipated future needs

B  Have riskier behavior when there is a chance of loss

C  Value grapes more than cucumbers

D  Accumulate resources to impress mates

A  True

B  False

A  False

B  True

A  False

B  True

A  True

B  False

A  Natural selection causes adaptations over time

B  Darwin’s survival of the fittest

C  Organisms that can adapt are the ones that evolve within their lifetime

D  A change in allele frequency over generations

A  False

B  True

A  False

B  True

A  True

B  False

A  a new environment that causes mass extinctions thereby speeding up the evolutionary process

B  a new environment that a species is already adapted to

C  a new environment that a species is not yet adapted to

D  a new environment that triggers mutations, such as exposure to radioactive materials

A  genetic drift

B  natural selection

C  gene flow

D  sexual selection

A  Humans females have evolved unique sexual swellings that advertise sexual receptivity to males

B  Bonobos have a strong male dominance hierarchy

C  Chimpanzees have hidden estrus.

D  Bonobos use gentio-genital rubbing to relieve tension.

A  Monogamy

B  Tending Bonds

C  Polygyny

D  Polyandry

A  Risk taking is more profitable for mating effort specialists

B  Parental effort specialists tend to have fewer offspring than mating specialists

C  In most non-human species, females tend to be mating specialists

D  Mating effort has a larger fixed cost than parental effort

A  chimpanzee males are aggressive because they compete for females

B  chimpanzee male aggression has been selected for as more aggressive males have been more reproductively successful over generations

C  chimpanzee males are aggressive because they compete for food

D  chimpanzee males are aggressive because they compete for territorial range

A  sociobiology theory

B  behavioral ecology

C  natural selection

D  sexual selection

A  Females are better at navigating by landmarks.

B  Females are better at mental rotation tasks.

C  Males are better able to navigate by recalling the location of objects.

D  Females are better at map reading.

A  birds fly south because they have want to have babies where it is warmer to increase their survival

B  birds fly south because there is more food

C  birds fly south because they have evolved adaptations that allow them to migrate to seasonally strategic habitats

D  birds fly south because they are cold

A  multi-male, multi-female

B  single-male, multi-female

C  pair bonding

D  genetic monogamy

A  males eliminate a competitor’s genes and females resume fertility

B  All of the answers are correct.

C  a mother is alone and without resources and support

D  the infant is ill or born with deformities

A  Dominant females tend to lack parental investment

B  Under normal conditions, dominant females experience more stress which decreases their reproductive success

C  Dominant females tend to have more offspring within their lifetime compared to dominant males

D  Under normal conditions, dominant females tend to be more reproductively successful than lower ranking females 

A  Genes are just passive recorders of what worked better than what

B  Genes do not determine behaviors in humans but rather provide humans with behavioral flexibility

C  Humans, like other species, are innately selfish with a goal of reproductive success

D  The theory of evolution is fundamentally flawed

A  monogamy

B  harem

C  scramble competition

D  leks

A  Sociobiology Theory

B  Discovering sperm competition

C  His research on bonobo sexual behavior

D  The Selfish Gene Theory