Which of the Following Is an Adaptive Benefit That Would

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an adaptive benefit that would NOT have accrued to ancestral men willing to make a commitment to a partner?

• A) increasing the quality of the long-term mate he is able to attract
• B) increasing paternity uncertainty
• C) increasing his pool of social allies
• D) increasing the chances his children will survive to reproductive age

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Definitions:

Behavior Modification

The use of empirically demonstrated behavior change techniques to improve behaviors, such as reinforcing desirable behaviors and reducing unwanted ones.

Behavioral Activation

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Positive Punishment

An operant conditioning concept where an undesirable behavior is followed by an unpleasant stimulus to decrease the behavior's occurrence.

Bobo Doll

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