If there are almost equal numbers of men and women and one man has several mates, then the other men must, by default, be without a mate. This is an example of ________ polygyny.
A. strategic
B. differential
C. selective
D. effective
Answer: D
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How do children develop special attachments to their mothers, according to John Bowlby?
a. The mother provides innate contact comfort to the infant. b. The infant is biologically programmed to emit behavior that triggers a protective response from adults. c. The mother becomes a conditioned reinforcer because she is associated with the reinforcing act of being fed. d. Maternal attachment behavior is the result of reproductive fitness.
In comparing how boys and girls resolve their Oedipus complex, Freud concluded that . . .
a. Girls usually resolve their complex more easily than boys do b. Girls do not have an Oedipus complex c. Girls never adequately deal with their Oedipus complex d. None of the above
The ganglia in the ______ are interconnected and respond as a unit.
A. sympathetic nervous system B. parasympathetic nervous system C. somatic nervous system D. autonomic nervous system
Internal stimuli, such as the arrival of food in the digestive system, normally activate a. the somatic nervous system
b. the parasympathetic nervous system. c. the sympathetic nervous system. d. both the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems.