10 Questions
According to evolutionary psychology, what is the focus of examination?
Cognition and behavior from a modern evolutionary perspective
What do evolutionary psychologists argue about human psychological traits and mechanisms?
They are functional products of natural and sexual selection or non-adaptive by-products of other adaptive traits
What analogy is commonly used by evolutionary psychologists to explain the modularity of mind?
The heart evolved to pump blood and the liver evolved to detoxify poisons
What do some evolutionary psychologists argue about human behavior?
It is the output of psychological adaptations that evolved to solve recurrent problems in human ancestral environments
What is the proposed role of evolutionary theory in psychology, according to some evolutionary psychologists?
Providing a foundational, metatheoretical framework that integrates the entire field of psychology
What distinguishes brain death from persistent vegetative state?
Complete loss of brain function
How is brain death different from comas?
Some brain and bodily activity remain
What does the term 'brain death' include according to the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) system?
Death of the cerebrum and brainstem
What continues unaided in someone with a dead cerebrum but a living brainstem?
Spontaneous breathing
In certain countries, what may legally happen to patients classified as brain-dead?
Surgical removal of organs for donation
Test your knowledge of evolutionary psychology with this quiz that explores how cognition and behavior are examined from an evolutionary perspective. Learn about psychological adaptations and non-adaptive traits within the framework of natural and sexual selection.
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