Ricky tried to dye his hair black but left the dye on too long; clumps of his hair fell out completely, leaving weird bald patches on his scalp. The kids at school snickered at him, ignored him, and avoided him at lunchtime for a couple of weeks. After that, though, everyone forgot about it. Thus Ricky was subjected to a short-term bout of ____.
a. social ostracism
b. social ingratiation
c. the social allergy effect
d. the bad apple effect
Question 2
Seahorses show a reversal of the usual sex roles; male seahorses invest more time and energy into offspring than female seahorses do. What would an evolutionary psychologist be MOST likely to say about this?
a. The females are nonetheless probably still more interested in long-term, monogamous relationships than the males.
b. The females are nonetheless probably still more interested in having offspring than the males.
c. The males are probably even more interested (than males of other species) in finding a female mate who is physically attractive.
d. The males are probably less interested (than the males of other species) in having multiple sex partners.
A Black cat under the snow.
Blue whale skeleton, outside the Long Marine Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Hair Tells a Tale
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Inspecting the hair and scalp