Evolutionary Personality Theory
What will be an ideal response?
-A way of thinking about human behavior based on data drawn from biology, anthropology, sociology, cognitive psychology, and the neurosciences
-Specific behavior patterns of today are patterns that survived in our ancestors because they were more successful than other behaviors
-Big Five traits represent strategic differences summarizing important features of the social landscape
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Throughout his elementary and high school years, Charlie got away with copying his test answers from classmates. Because the college's test proctors are very observant, Charlie spends as many hours devising new ways to cheat as it would take him to study and perform well in an honest fashion. Charlie's strategy for passing tests illustrates the consequences of:
a. functional fixedness. b. a mental set. c. confirmation bias. d. the availability heuristic. e. the framing effect.
A recent study of people with bipolar disorder found that they are more likely to adjust successfully to the workplace ______
a. if they had fewer stressful life events b. when they had strong supportive personal relationships with others c. when they had flexible work hours d. when they didn't have extensive contact with the public