Evolutionary psychologists have been charged with using ______. An example would be taking a current behavior or ability, such as intelligence, and then speculating why it was adaptive thousands of years ago. Then that speculation, or inference, is treated as though it was actually the cause of what it was inferred from.
a. just-so stories
b. circular arguments
c. scientific fictions
d. fictional realism
Answer: b. circular arguments
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a. helicopter b. squeeze c. sandwich d. in-between
The term _____ generally refers to the physical characteristics and differences between men and women
a) sex b) gender c) sex role d) gender role
Anorexia nervosa has been linked to _____ in females
a. the production of defective eggs b. excessive levels of estrogen c. excessive ovulation d. a lack of menstruation
You are watching Sex Talk Live on TV when Sue, the host, begins talking to a caller about sex hormones. Though men and women have all the same sex hormones, Sue explains, on average, men have relatively more ____ and women have relatively more ____.?
a. ?progestational hormones; androgens b. ?androgens; progestational hormones c. ?progestational hormones; estrogens d. ?estrogens; androgens