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Exam 1 According to Life History Theory, why should life expectancy influence homicide rates? 1. Life expectancy is a cue to the degree to which someone else will likely murder you. 2. Life expectancy shifts the degree to which a person discounts the future. 1. Evolutionary psychology a...

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PSY 235 Social Psychology Final
Exam Review (Exams 1-4)
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
Exam 1







According to Life History Theory, why should life expectancy influence

homicide rates?




1. Life expectancy is a cue to the degree to which someone else will likely

murder you.




2. Life expectancy shifts the degree to which a person discounts the future.


✓ 1.




Evolutionary psychology aims to tell people why they behave the way they

do, as well as what is morally good behavior.




True or False?



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✓ False




In the "Strange situation," a child with a secure attachment would show which

of the following patterns?




1. He would show distress at the caregiver leaving and then be quickly

comforted by the caregiver when she returns.




2. He would show high distress at the caregiver leaving and would not be

easily comforted by the caregiver when she returns.




3. He would show low distress at the caregiver leaving and would show low

levels of affect and responding when she returns.




4. None of the above.


✓ 1.




Research on male homicide rates and inequality has found that:




1. Increases in a state's Gini index correspond to increases in homicide rates.


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2. There is little to no relationship between inequality and homicide rates.




3. Decreases in a state's Gini index correspond to increases in homicide

rates.


✓ 1.




Which of the following is an example of a premise of natural selection?




1. The beak widths of birds in a given species differ across individual birds;

birds with wider beaks cannot pull seeds from cracks in the ground as easily

as birds with more narrow beaks.




2. A person becomes blind due to a work accident; this blindness makes her

better able to read people's emotions, which benefits her social skills.




3. A frog is exposed to an environmental toxin that destroys its vocal chords,

making it harder for predators to catch it.




4. More than one of the above is correct.


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✓ 1.




According to Life History Theory, why would paternal absence relate to age

of menarche?




1. The absence or presence of a father directly influences a child's biological

development.




2. The absence or presence of a father is an indicator or cue for the harshness

of a child's developmental environment.




3. The absence or presence of a father directly influences the life expectancy

of the child.


✓ 2.




Which of the following is a misunderstanding of Evolutionary Psychology?




1. Psychological decisions that aided people in survival in the ancestral

environment will necessarily benefit people in today's environment.




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