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Discover the Evolutionary Insights of Sociobiology

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Discover the Evolutionary Insights of Sociobiology

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Which disciplines does sociobiology draw from?

Physics, chemistry, biology, and geology

Psychology, ethology, anthropology, evolution, zoology, archaeology, and population genetics (correct)

Mathematics, computer science, and engineering

Sociology, political science, and economics

What does sociobiology aim to examine and explain?

Social behavior in terms of evolution (correct)

The history of human civilization

The origins of the universe

The structure of DNA

Which field is sociobiology closely allied to in the study of human societies?

Political science

History

Evolutionary anthropology, human behavioral ecology, evolutionary psychology, and sociology (correct)

Environmental science

What social behaviors does sociobiology investigate?

Mating patterns, territorial fights, pack hunting, and the hive society of social insects Signup and view all the answers

When did the concept of sociobiology gain major recognition?

In the 1970s Signup and view all the answers

Which field does evolutionary psychology examine and explain?

Evolutionary biology Signup and view all the answers

What does evolutionary psychology seek to identify?

Ancestral problems Signup and view all the answers

What is the basis for evolutionary psychologists' thinking?

Natural and sexual selection Signup and view all the answers

What is the concept of modularity of mind in evolutionary psychology?

The idea that different psychological mechanisms evolved to solve different adaptive problems Signup and view all the answers

According to evolutionary psychologists, what is much of human behavior a result of?

Psychological adaptations Signup and view all the answers