BIO 358 Exam 2 Review Questions With
Correct Answers
Imagine |a |town |in |the |"Wild |West" |of |19th |Century |American |legend. |The |sheriff |and |one |
deputy |confront |one |outlaw |in |a |gun |fight |on |Monday. |On |Tuesday, |the |sheriff |and |seven |
deputies |confront |two |outlaws |in |a |gunfight. |Which |of |the |following |is |the |most |accurate |
rounded |estimate |of |how |much |greater/less |the |sheriff's |risk |of |death |is |on |Tuesday |than |was |
his |risk |on |Monday? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-4 |fold |less
We |used |the |seminal |analysis |of |human |homicide |by |Martin |Daly |and |Margo |Wilson |to |
explore |human |non-kin |social |behavior |(especially |non-kin |violence) |and |its |relationship |to |
corresponding |non-human |behaviors. |Which |of |the |following |is |the |most |accurate |and |
complete |description |of |one |very |general |lesson |their |analysis |taught |us? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Humans |exhibit |a |qualitatively |similar |pattern |of |non-kin |violence |to |non-human |
animals; |however, |the |quantitative |rates |of |such |behavior |are |far |lower |in |humans, |a |reflection
|of |our |social |novelty
To |better |understand |the |species-typical |idiosyncrasies |of |human |social |cooperation, |it |proved |
to |be |most |useful |to |compare/contrast |our |social |behavior |with |that |of |non-human |animals. |
One |case |we |examined |carefully |was |the |large, |cooperative |colonies |formed |by |social |
hymenopterans |(bees |and |ants). |Which |of |the |following |is |the |most |accurate |and |complete |
statement |of |an |important |lesson |we |learned |from |the |human/hymenopteran |comparison? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |evolutionary |logic |of |human |and |hymenopteran |social |groups |
share |some |similarities |and |have |some |differences; |the |relative |importance |of |kin-selection |
relative |to |individually |adaptive |social |coercion |is |much |higher |in |hymenopterans |than |in |
humans
We |explored |the |logic |of |kin-selected |behavior |in |non-human |animals, |in |preparation |for |our |
first |detailed |look |at |uniquely |human |social |behavior. |Which |of |the |following |is |the |most |
accurate |and |complete |description |of |the |relationship |of |human |social |behavior |to |kin-
selected |non-human |animal |behavior? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Humans |engage |in |cooperative
Correct Answers
Imagine |a |town |in |the |"Wild |West" |of |19th |Century |American |legend. |The |sheriff |and |one |
deputy |confront |one |outlaw |in |a |gun |fight |on |Monday. |On |Tuesday, |the |sheriff |and |seven |
deputies |confront |two |outlaws |in |a |gunfight. |Which |of |the |following |is |the |most |accurate |
rounded |estimate |of |how |much |greater/less |the |sheriff's |risk |of |death |is |on |Tuesday |than |was |
his |risk |on |Monday? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-4 |fold |less
We |used |the |seminal |analysis |of |human |homicide |by |Martin |Daly |and |Margo |Wilson |to |
explore |human |non-kin |social |behavior |(especially |non-kin |violence) |and |its |relationship |to |
corresponding |non-human |behaviors. |Which |of |the |following |is |the |most |accurate |and |
complete |description |of |one |very |general |lesson |their |analysis |taught |us? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Humans |exhibit |a |qualitatively |similar |pattern |of |non-kin |violence |to |non-human |
animals; |however, |the |quantitative |rates |of |such |behavior |are |far |lower |in |humans, |a |reflection
|of |our |social |novelty
To |better |understand |the |species-typical |idiosyncrasies |of |human |social |cooperation, |it |proved |
to |be |most |useful |to |compare/contrast |our |social |behavior |with |that |of |non-human |animals. |
One |case |we |examined |carefully |was |the |large, |cooperative |colonies |formed |by |social |
hymenopterans |(bees |and |ants). |Which |of |the |following |is |the |most |accurate |and |complete |
statement |of |an |important |lesson |we |learned |from |the |human/hymenopteran |comparison? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |evolutionary |logic |of |human |and |hymenopteran |social |groups |
share |some |similarities |and |have |some |differences; |the |relative |importance |of |kin-selection |
relative |to |individually |adaptive |social |coercion |is |much |higher |in |hymenopterans |than |in |
humans
We |explored |the |logic |of |kin-selected |behavior |in |non-human |animals, |in |preparation |for |our |
first |detailed |look |at |uniquely |human |social |behavior. |Which |of |the |following |is |the |most |
accurate |and |complete |description |of |the |relationship |of |human |social |behavior |to |kin-
selected |non-human |animal |behavior? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Humans |engage |in |cooperative
