Anth 468.3

Summer 2007

Study Guide Exam#1

 

Readings Covered

Smith et al. 2001; Mulder 2000; Brase 2006;  Attwood 2005; Diamond Ch. 1-4; Hrdy Chs. 2-3,5; Marlowe et al. 2005; Moore et al 2005 Quinlan 2003.

 

 

Movies Covered

Making Friends

Why Sex?

Walking with Cavemen

Lectures Covered

Lectures 1-8

Terms – Know the following terms and their significance.
  1. Evolutionary Psychology
  2. Human Behavioral Ecology
  3. Optimality

4.       EEA

  1. Evolved Psychological Mechanisms
  2. Evolution
  3. Natural Selection
  4. Adaptation
  5. Fitness
  6. Heredity
  7. Genotype
  8. Phenotype
  9. Ethology
  10. Sociobiology
  11. Nature vs. Nurture
  12. Mosaic Evolution
  13. Classical Fitness
  14. Altruism
  15. Inclusive fitness
  16. Kin Selection Theory
  17. Sexual Selection
  18. Life History Theory
  19. Parental Investment Theory
  20. Paternal Uncertainty Hypothesis
  21. Abandonability Hypothesis
  22. Mating Opportunity Cost Hypothesis
  23. Families
  24. Adoption
  25. Trivers/Willard Hypothesis
  26. Hypergamy

 

Species – know the behavioral and biological characteristics of the following species.
  1. Australopithecines
  2. Homo habilis
  3. Homo erectus
  4. Homo sapien neanderthalensis
  5. Anatomically Modern Humans
  6. Gibbons
  7. Orangutan
  8. Gorilla
  9. Chimpanzee
  10. Bonobos

 

People – know the significance of each of these people.

1.       Charles Darwin

2.       Geoffrey Miller

3.       Singh

4.       Buss

 

Short Answer – be able to write short 3-4 sentence answers on these questions from in class lectures.

  1. Discuss the differences and similarities of Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavioral Ecology.  Is there and hope for a unified approach?
  2. What are the major biological and cultural adaptations that we see from the evolution of Australopithecines (both gracile and robust) to Homo Habilis?
  3. Discuss the differences in behavior between the primate species discussed in class. 
  4. Discuss Kin Selection Theory.  What are the main points to this theory and how does it work?  In your opinion, are there any problems with this theory?
  5. Discuss the three hypotheses of why mothers invest more time in offspring than fathers.
  6. What is the Trivers/Willard Hypothesis?  What does it say about male to female sex ratios and how it applies to offspring investment?
  7. Discuss the differences between Chimpanzee and Bonobo societies.  How have the environments and interaction with other apes shaped the differences between Chimps and Bonobos?
  8. Discuss the differences between male and female attraction and mating strategies.  Be sure to include a discussion of short and long term relationships and the role of sexual fantasies.
  9. What is the role of pornography in society?  What is the traditional view and what is the different perspectives of Attwood (2005)?
  10. According to Jared Diamond what animal has the strangest sexual practices?  Provide five characteristics that make this animal the strangest in terms of sexual behavior.