The study of the evolution of behavior, emphasizing the role of ecological factors as agents of natural selection is known as
a. sociobiology.
b. biological-ecology.
c. socioecology.
d. evolutionary ecology.
e. behavioral ecology.
e
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What support does Gerhard Lenski have for his suggestion that the trend toward increasing inequality is reversing?
A) The spread of democracy has broadened the political power of the lower classes. B) The birth rate in industrialized societies now matches the birth rate in developing nations. C) Technology has become less complex and more accessible to the general public. D) Slavery is now abolished in all modern nations of the world.
Among what indigenous population have scientists found the highest levels of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)?
a. Maya b. Yanomamo c. Inuit d. Pashto
Long-distance truck drivers have developed a specialized vocabulary. This is a form of:
a. diglossia. b. code switching. c. dialects. d. cultural emphasis. e. arbitrary nature of language.
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a(n):
a. ?alphabetical record of all of the words that carry meanings in human languages. b. ?collection of symbols that identify all the sounds of all languages. c. collection of symbols that identify the sounds of all non-Western languages. d. alphabet of all letters (symbols) used to identify written sounds.