Deck 2: One Human Nature

Question 1

____ is where modern humans first emerged as a species.

A) North America
B) Asia
C) Africa
D) Europe

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The human species left Africa approximately ______ years ago.

A) 500
B) 5000
C) 50000
D) 5 million

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Preference for _____ is not an evolved human predisposition.

A) Sweets
B) Fats
C) Salts
D) Spinach

Answer 3

D

Question 4

______ are resources like food and shelter.

A) Emotional Resources
B) Material Resources
C) Goods
D) Currency

Question 5

______ is a person's position in a social hierarchy.

A) Social Status
B) Social Wealth
C) Social Splendor
D) Socio-economic dimorphism

Question 6

The exchange of services or favors between individuals is called ______.

A) Social Wealth
B) Reciprocal Altruism
C) Reciprocal Greed
D) Kin-Based Altruism

Question 7

Behaving favorably to your relatives is called _____.

A) Reciprocal Altruism
B) Kin-Based Altruism
C) The Theory of Relativity
D) Relativistic Altruism

Question 8

Men are most likely to be interested in ______ when looking for a mate.

A) Stability
B) Status
C) Resources
D) Youth and Beauty

Question 9

A _____ is what is typical or expected in a particular circumstance.

A) Norm
B) Regule
C) Bias
D) Role

Question 10

Which is generally not very important for men when looking for a mate?

A) Beauty
B) Youth
C) Faithfulness
D) Status

Question 11

In human societies who primarily cares for young children?

A) The religious class (priests…)
B) Women
C) Men
D) Pets

Question 12

Which is not a social behavior influenced by genes?

A) Altruism towards others
B) Church attendance
C) Criminality
D) They all are influenced by genes

Question 13

_____ are important regulators of biological processes.

A) Neurons
B) Hormones
C) Autonomes
D) Norms

Question 14

Which hormone increases spatial abilities?

A) Estrogen
B) Progesterone
C) Testosterone
D) Oxytocin

Question 15

Which hormone is produced in men after winning competitions?

A) Estrogen
B) Progesterone
C) Testosterone
D) Oxytocin

Question 16

Which is not a human predisposition?

A) Ethnocentrism
B) Religion and Magic
C) Use of forks for eating
D) Male violent aggression

Question 17

More complex societies are more likely to have _____ religion.

A) Monotheistic
B) Polytheistic
C) Pantheistic
D) Atheistic

Question 18

People have an innate tendency to favor _____.

A) Strangers
B) Strange groups
C) Their "in-group"
D) Enemies (the "golden rule" conundrum)

Question 19

Which societies generally have the greatest oppression of women.

A) Premodern, agricultural societies
B) Advanced industrial societies
C) Modern post-industrial societies
D) Utopian societies.

Question 20

Which is not a method used to control female sexuality?

A) Veiling
B) Home confinement
C) Chaperoning
D) Birth Control

Question 21

Male discomfort with women who are higher status than them is an example of which evolutionary predisposition?

A) Religion and Magic
B) In-group favoritism
C) Male violent aggression
D) Male sexual jealousy

Question 22

Which is not generally a deterrent for young men from violence?

A) Employment
B) Lack of alternatives
C) Wealth
D) Marriage

Question 23

_____ is the idea that " if it is natural it has to be good"

A) The idiocy of hindsight.
B) Fermat's last theorem
C) The Naturalistic fallacy
D) The evolutionary bias

Question 24

The human race emerged in South America and then migrated elsewhere.

Question 25

Natural Selection is a factor in evolution.

Question 26

Salt was rare during the Pleistocene era.

Question 27

Only genetics and not the environment, determines human behavior.

Question 28

Selfishness is probably an evolutionary trait.

Question 29

Humans are predisposed to be self-interested.

Question 30

Money is definitely more important to people than social status.

Question 31

Most human economies are based on the principal of Reciprocal Altruism.

Question 32

The male has the greatest share of the biological cost of parenting.

Question 33

People are not altruistic to people who share their genes.

Question 34

The female investment in a child is roughly equal to the male investment.

Question 35

Men are more likely to stick around and invest in their offspring than women.

Question 36

Women are most interested in beauty and youth when looking for a mate.

Question 37

For the most part, faithfulness of one's mate is more important to men than women.

Question 38

Women are more interested in the financial prospects of a partner than men.

Question 39

In all human cultures women prefer younger mates.

Question 40

Typically, the mother spends more time with the children than the father.

Question 41

Women have better special abilities than men.

Question 42

Humans are predisposed to religion and magic.

Question 43

All societies have some belief in religion or the supernatural.

Question 44

Complex societies are more likely to have animistic beliefs than less complex societies.

Question 45

In-group favoritism is acquired, not innate.

Question 46

Men are more likely to express their anger violently than women.

Question 47

Older men are more likely to commit crime than younger men.

Question 48

Women become more assertive as they age.

Question 49

We have to obey all of our evolutionary predispositions.

Question 50

Why do northwest Europeans have light skin?

Question 51

Why do all humans generally like sweet things?

Question 52

Why are humans predisposed to kin-based altruism?

Question 53

Describe a few differences between what men and women look for in a partner.

Question 54

Describe the Israeli kibbutzim.What did it illustrate?

Question 55

Give an example of where/when a human would go against their evolved predispositions.

Question 56

What are 3 human predispositions?

Question 57

What are some manifestations of male sexual jealousy?

Question 58

Describe the selection (or lack thereof) for deference behavior in men and women.

Question 59

What are some of the components of human nature that have been discussed in the text and in lecture?

Question 60

Why does male sexual jealousy exist? Why is sexual jealousy less pronounced in females?