Explain what Darwin meant by the principle of natural selection.
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Darwin's basic idea is that animals differ in a number of characteristics. As the environment changes, animals with characteristics that have given them selective advantages and enabled them to survive will pass on their genes to their offspring. Over time, such characteristics will increase in the population.
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Personality appears to be influenced by several factors. Of the following lists, which one correctly orders the factors contributing to personality (from most to least):
A. error, genetic factors, nonshared environmental factors, shared environmental factors B. genetic factors, shared environmental factors, nonshared environmental factors, error C. shared environmental factors, genetic factors, nonshared environmental factors, error D. genetic factors, nonshared environmental factors, error, shared environmental factors
Which of the following factors would suggest emphasizing your strengths and concealing your weaknesses in an interview?
a. Primacy effects b. Contrast effects c. Negative information bias d. Nonverbal cues
Researchers electrically activated Snippy the rat's ventromedial hypothalamus. This activation will likely cause Snippy to
a. refuse to eat. b. drink large amounts of sweet liquid. c. eat moderately. d. overeat and become obese.
Describe the path of an infant's language developmental from first nondistress sounds through the first word.
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