Sociobiology and behavioral ecology differ importantly from evolutionary psychology in that     Answers: a.  they are based on an outdated group-selection model of natural selection   b.  they fail to include a cognitive level of analysis   c.  they are applicable only to non-human species   d.  these are just different terms for evolutionary psychology that are preferred by biologists and anthropologists

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An example of a spandrel is:

   
Answers:
a. 

a belly button

 
b. 

playing tennis

 
c. 

using your nose to smell odors

 
d. 

using your nose to hold up your eyeglasses

 

Sociobiology and behavioral ecology differ importantly from evolutionary psychology in that

   
Answers:
a. 

they are based on an outdated group-selection model of natural selection

 
b. 

they fail to include a cognitive level of analysis

 
c. 

they are applicable only to non-human species

 
d. 

these are just different terms for evolutionary psychology that are preferred by biologists and anthropologists

 

Insects of the order Hymenoptera are particularly interesting to evolutionists because individual workers are unable to reproduce, and seem instead to behave in ways that benefit their entire colony. This seemingly maladaptive behavior can be explained by the fact that

   
Answers:
a. 

Hymenoptera have not existed for a very long time

 
b. 

all workers are genetically identical

 
c. 

each colony or hive represents a separate sub-species

 
d. 

each worker is more genetically to her sister workers than she would be to her own daughters (if she were to reproduce)

 

A prominent modern theory of why sexual reproduction evolved is related to the adaptive problem of threats posed by

   
Answers:
a. 

overpopulation

 
b. 

rapidly evolving pathogens

 
c. 

rapidly changing climates

 
d. 

dwindling resources in the local environment

 

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