Chapter 10

The most common complaint of husbands about their inability to control their wives was __________. a) her sexual infidelity b) her drinking c) his drinking d) her relationship with her family

a) her sexual infidelity

Nisbett pointed out that failure to aggress when aggressed against in "cultures of honor" can result in __________. a) loss of status b) increase in status c) banishment by other group members d) greater rates of sexual abuse

a) loss of status

Women often cite ___________ as a key cause or precipitating context of spousal abuse. a) male sexual jealousy b) men "saving face" c) alcohol consumption d) loss of status

a) male sexual jealousy

Which theory provides the starting point for understanding why most murderers AND murder victims are male? a) parental investment theory b) parent-offspring conflict theory c) multilevel selection theory d) reciprocal altruism theory

a) parental investment theory

Defending against aggression is hypothesized to __________. a) prevent potential harm to one's mate and children b) gain a reputation of submissiveness c) decrease the reproductive success of the attacker d) none of the above

a) prevent potential harm to one's mate and children

How many cultures have been identified so far in which women form coalitions designed to kill other coalitions? a) zero b) three c) eleven d) thirty-one

a) zero

Sell and colleagues have documented men's ability to accurately estimate __________. a) a man's lower-body strength from facial photographs b) a man's upper-body strength from facial photographs c) a woman's lower-body strength from facial photographs d) a woman's upper-body strength from facial photographs

b) a man's upper-body strength from facial photographs

Within primate species, the ___________ effective polygyny, the ___________ sexual dimorphism. a) greater the; less the b) greater the; greater the c) less the; greater the d) none of the above

b) greater the; greater the

Spousal battering is most likely to be exhibited by ______________. a) men who are higher in relative mate value than their wives b) men who are lower in relative mate value than their wives c) women who are higher in relative mate value than their husbands d) women who are lower in relative mate value than their husbands

b) men who are lower in relative mate value than their wives

Aggression perpetrated by women is often all of the following EXCEPT __________. a) less florid b) premeditated c) less violent d) less risky

b) premeditated

Males of many species have to impress the females with their physical prowess in order to gain sexual access. What attribute makes humans different such that men experience young male syndrome? a) IQ b) reputation c) earlier menstruation d) intrasexual competition

b) reputation

Young male syndrome is __________. a) the phenomenon of younger men being the most prone to form cooperative alliances for the purpose of exacting revenge b) the phenomenon of younger men being the most prone to engaging in risky forms of aggression c) the tendency of younger males to abuse their partners at higher rates than older males d) the decreased ability of younger males to withdraw from conflicts

b) the phenomenon of younger men being the most prone to engaging in risky forms of aggression

Of all the same-sex killings involving "love triangles," what percent were male-male killings? a) 24 percent b) 61 percent c) 92 percent d) 100 percent

c) 92 percent

Mechanisms producing aggression should lie dormant unless ____________. a) access to reproductive age women is greater b) one lives in a culture that condones violence c) contexts that trigger aggression are encountered d) the individual has learned to associate aggression with acquired resources

c) contexts that trigger aggression are encountered

Figueredo found that women with ___________ experienced lower levels of ____________. a) lower densities of kin; aggression towards their children b) higher mate value; aggression towards their children c) higher densities of kin; domestic violence d) low mate value; domestic violence

c) higher densities of kin; domestic violence

Buss and Shackelford proposed all of the following EXCEPT __________ as adaptive problems that aggression might solve. a) co-opting the resources of others b) defending against attack c) inflicting costs on intersexual rivals d) negotiating status and power hierarchies

c) inflicting costs on intersexual rivals

Male victims of bullies were more often _____________ while female victims were more often ___________. a) stolen from; physically hurt b) the object of nasty rumors; called nasty names c) physically hurt; the object of nasty rumors d) called nasty names; stolen from

c) physically hurt; the object of nasty rumors

The recalibration theory of anger __________. a) does not apply to mating contexts b) explains situations in which anger occurs in the absence of precipitating factors c) proposes that anger functions to increase a target's valuation of one's welfare d) all of the above

c) proposes that anger functions to increase a target's valuation of one's welfare

____________wives and girlfriends are more likely to be killed by their intimate partner than _____________. a) Nonaggressive; aggressive wives and girlfriends b) Older; younger husbands and boyfriends c) Older; younger wives and girlfriends d) Younger; older wives and girlfriends

d) Younger; older wives and girlfriends

A key function of verbal and physical aggression is to __________. a) boost one's self-esteem b) signal one's physical prowess to a mate c) increase status across contexts d) inflict costs on same-sex rivals

d) inflict costs on same-sex rivals

Men's tendency to derogate out-group members as sub-human or animalistic likely functions to __________. a) decrease the probability of inter-breeding with out-group women b) help convince in-group women to support warfare efforts c) devalue out-group goods during intergroup social exchange d) lower inhibitions to kill out-group members

d) lower inhibitions to kill out-group members

Men in their _________ are most likely to be the victim of a homicide; they are ____ times more likely than women to become homicide victims at this age. a) teens; two b) teens; six c) mid-twenties; two d) mid-twenties; six

d) mid-twenties; six

Victims of female-perpetrated aggression are typically _____________. a) high-status women b) reproductive-aged men c) post-reproductive-aged men d) other women

d) other women

Patton found a correlation that was __________between "warriorship" and social status. a) slightly negative b) slightly positive c) strongly negative d) strongly positive

d) strongly positive

Among the Yanomamö, what is the most common reason for the initial fighting amongst tribes? a) derogation b) land c) money d) women

d) women