The Study of How Our Behavior and Mind Have Changed

question 1

Multiple Choice

The study of how our behavior and mind have changed in adaptive ways over time due to natural selection is called

• A) social learning theory.
• B) evolutionary psychology.
• C) cross-cultural psychology.
• D) genome research.

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

The process by which individuals with traits better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce, driving the evolution of species.

Population

A collection of the same species individuals who live in a specified area and breed among themselves.

Hardy-Weinberg Principle

A principle stating that allele and genotype frequencies in a population will remain constant from generation to generation in the absence of other evolutionary influences.

Equation

A mathematical statement that asserts the equality of two expressions.