Deck 18: Natural Selection, Social Behavior, and Cultural Evolution

Question 1

The concept that under certain circumstances, genes will be selected for because they benefit the overall success of the group rather than the individual is called:

A) Inclusive fitness
B) Kin selection
C) Group selection
D) Reciprocal altruism
E) Memetics

Answer 1

C
Group selection

Question 2

The evolutionary mechanism that selects for genes (or behaviors) that lowers an individual's own fitness but enhanced the reproductive success of a relative is called:

A) Inclusive fitness
B) Kin selection
C) Group selection
D) Reciprocal altruism
E) Memetics

Answer 2

B
Kin selection

Question 3

The coefficient of relationship defines the degree of relatedness between two individuals or roughly a percentage of the genes that individuals share in common via descent. What is the coefficient of relatedness between sister bees?

A) 1.00
B) 0.75
C) 0.50
D) 0.33
E) 0.25

Answer 3

C
0.50

Question 4

The coefficient of relationship defines the degree of relatedness between two individuals or roughly a percentage of the genes that individuals share in common via descent. What is the coefficient of relatedness between human sisters?

A) 1.00
B) 0.75
C) 0.50
D) 0.33
E) 0.25

Question 5

The coefficient of relationship defines the degree of relatedness between two individuals or roughly a percentage of the genes that individuals share in common via descent. What is the coefficient of relatedness between grandparents and grandchildren?

A) 1.00
B) 0.75
C) 0.50
D) 0.33
E) 0.25

Question 6

The fitness of an allele (or genotype) measured by its effects on related individuals that also possess it is a definition of:

A) Kin selection
B) Group selection
C) Inclusive fitness
D) Reciprocal altruism
E) Memetics

Question 7

Mutually beneficial exchanges of altruistic behaviors between non-relatives defines:

A) Kin selection
B) Group selection
C) Inclusive fitness
D) Reciprocal altruism
E) Memetics

Question 8

Genes, through organisms and their behaviors, endeavor to get as much of themselves or like DNA into the next generation as possible. This is the basis of the concept of

A) The selfish gene
B) Reciprocal altruism
C) Inclusive fitness
D) Kin selection
E) Group selection

Question 9

Ideas are an example of a unit of cultural evolution. Richard Dawkins coined the name _________ to define a unit of cultural evolution.

A) Deme
B) Meme
C) Selfish gene
D) Jumping gene
E) Ideam

Question 10

Unlike biological evolution, cultural evolution can be direction and based on the information and ideas acquired previously. In this manner, cultural evolution is said to be:

A) Darwinian
B) Lamarckian
C) Aristotelian
D) Newtonian
E) Freudian

Question 11

Comparative shoppers can be used to describe:

A) Female mate choice
B) Male mate choice
C) Altruistic behaviors
D) Territorial behaviors
E) Instincts

Question 12

Cultural evolution is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:

A) Uniquely human
B) Rapid rate of change
C) New variants are often beneficial
D) Transmitted exclusively from parent to offspring
E) Purposeful and directional

Question 13

Some humans stopped being nomadic and became agricultural as early as:

A) 50,000 years ago
B) 20,000 years ago
C) 10,000 years ago
D) 5000 year ago
E) 1000 years ago