Evolutionary psychologists assert that

a. we are predisposed at birth to certain ways of behaving as shaped by evolution.
b. we are shaped as much if not more by learning than by biology.
c. genes cannot shape behavior.
d. social and cultural forces have very little influence on our behavior.
e. none of the choices are correct.

Option A -- we are predisposed at birth to certain ways of behaving as shaped by evolution.

Explanation:

Evolutionary psychologists are those who use theoretical approach to explain through universal mechanism human behavior, both mentally and psychologically. They assert that, human being extend help based on an intuitive cost-benefit..., human being are predisposed at birth to certain ways of behaving as shaped by evolution, amongst others.

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)