Explain Darwin's concept of sexual selection
What will be an ideal response?
Sexual selection occurs in two ways. In the first way, members of one sex compete among themselves for opportunities to mate, the pool of potential mating candidates is limited. The "winners" out-reproduce the other competitors and natural selection occurs. In the second type of sexual selection, a sex chooses to mate with a specific person (or people), some people are more preferable to mate with than others.
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Functionalist theorists argue that poverty has some benefits for society in that it supplies a pool of inexpensive labor for dirty jobs and their low wages hold down prices
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
One way that communities could offset the United States’ high levels of petroleum consumption and high CO2 emissions would be to __________.
A) invest in public transportation systems B) encourage outsourced manufacturing C) incentivize telecommuting D) build communities that have less concentrated populations
U.S. families spend about 25 percent less time doing housework than they did a generation ago. What are the two most obvious reasons for this?
What will be an ideal response
The marriage squeeze was caused by a baby boom during the 20th century, which forced many African American men and women to marry.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)