Author Question: Adzure and Anton are identical twins, each born with a special ability. Adzure is able to dispense ... (Read 53 times)

wenmo · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Adzure and Anton are identical twins, each born with a special ability. Adzure is able to dispense two aspirin from the bottle without any difficulty. Anton is able to find mateseasily and often. According to natural selection, if all other attributes are equal, who is more likely to survive, and why?

a. Adzure; his ability is an example of a positive fixed action pattern.
b. Anton; his ability will increase his opportunities to pass on his genes.
c. Adzure; his ability will decrease his chances of falling ill.
d. Neither will be more or less likely to survive.

Question 2

Six-year-old Jean hits another child and steals the child's lunch money. A psychologist who takes a psychodynamic approach would suggest that Jean ____.

a. learned that hitting someone would result in a reward
b. has an unconscious drive for aggression, causing her to act out
c. asserted herself, an example of bettering herself as a person
d. hit the child for food, an adaptive mechanism to survive