Evolutionary Psychology Quiz
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According to evolutionary psychology, what is the focus of examination?

  • Cognition and behavior from a historical evolutionary perspective
  • Cognition and behavior from a social evolutionary perspective
  • Cognition and behavior from a cultural evolutionary perspective
  • Cognition and behavior from a modern evolutionary perspective (correct)

    • What do evolutionary psychologists argue about human psychological traits and mechanisms?

  • They are solely non-functional products of natural and sexual selection
  • They are functional products of natural and sexual selection or non-adaptive by-products of other adaptive traits (correct)
  • They are only functional products of natural and sexual selection
  • They are solely non-adaptive by-products of other adaptive traits

    • What analogy is commonly used by evolutionary psychologists to explain the modularity of mind?

  • The stomach evolved for digestion and the intestines evolved for nutrient absorption
  • The brain evolved for complex thinking and the eyes evolved for vision
  • The heart evolved to pump blood and the liver evolved to detoxify poisons (correct)
  • The lungs evolved for respiration and the kidneys evolved for filtration

    • What do some evolutionary psychologists argue about human behavior?

    <p>It is the output of psychological adaptations that evolved to solve recurrent problems in human ancestral environments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the proposed role of evolutionary theory in psychology, according to some evolutionary psychologists?

    <p>Providing a foundational, metatheoretical framework that integrates the entire field of psychology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes brain death from persistent vegetative state?

    <p>Complete loss of brain function</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is brain death different from comas?

    <p>Some brain and bodily activity remain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'brain death' include according to the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) system?

    <p>Death of the cerebrum and brainstem</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What continues unaided in someone with a dead cerebrum but a living brainstem?

    <p>Spontaneous breathing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In certain countries, what may legally happen to patients classified as brain-dead?

    <p>Surgical removal of organs for donation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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