What Do Scientists Actually Know About the "Infidelity Gene

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Multiple Choice

What do scientists actually know about the "infidelity gene?"

• A) Men who cheat on their wives are more likely to have this gene.
• B) The presence of this gene in men or women leads to less satisfaction with their mates.
• C) Species of monogamous mouse-like voles don't have the gene, while more promiscuous species of the voles do.
• D) Getting tested for this gene will give you an indication of whether you are likely to stay married to one person for life.
• E) People who lack the infidelity gene are uninterested in sexual gratification.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanisms

Devices the ego uses to keep threatening material out of awareness and thereby reduce or avoid anxiety.

Neurotic Anxiety

A form of anxiety resulting from an unconscious fear that the ego's control over unacceptable impulses of the id will fail, leading to punishment for inappropriate thoughts or behaviors.

Unconscious

In Freud’s topographic model, the part of personality that contains material that cannot easily be brought into awareness.

Implicit Punishments

Penalties for undesirable behavior that are not directly expressed or are implied, affecting behavior modification subtly.