An Evolutionary Psychologist Would Be Most Interested in the Question

question 46

Multiple Choice

An evolutionary psychologist would be most interested in the question of ____.

• A)whether gambling affects brain chemistry and fosters addiction
• B)how best to assist a person to reduce a propensity to gamble
• C)whether attraction to gambling varies over the life span
• D)whether there is an adaptive reason why men tend to gamble more than women

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Definitions:

Maturation

The process of development and growth, whether physical or psychological, that occurs naturally over time, influenced by genetic and environmental factors.

Nurture

The care, education, and environmental influences that contribute to the physical, emotional, and intellectual development of an individual.

Conservation

The cognitive ability to understand that certain properties of objects, such as volume or mass, remain the same despite changes in the object's form.

Accommodation

In cognitive psychology, the process by which individuals adjust their mental structures to incorporate new information.