If Certain Characteristics of a Person Make Him or Her

question 41

Multiple Choice

If certain characteristics of a person make him or her more likely to survive and have children,those characteristics are more likely to be represented in subsequent generations.This describes the idea of ________,a fundamental principle of ________.

• A)natural selection; evolutionary theory
• B)the fundamental attribution error; Gestalt psychology
• C)evolutionary theory; natural selection
• D)construals; social psychology
• E)self-fulfilling prophecy; social cognition

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Definitions:

Taxing

The process by which governments impose financial charges or levies upon citizens and businesses to fund public expenditures.

Macroeconomics

The branch of economics that studies the behavior and performance of an economy as a whole, focusing on aggregates such as national income, total employment, and overall price levels.

Individual Consumers

People who purchase goods and services for personal use and not for manufacture or resale.

Monopolistic Competition

A market structure characterized by many firms selling products that are similar but not identical, allowing for some degree of market power and price setting by individual firms.