When Trying to Predict the Behavior of a Single Individual

question 39

Multiple Choice

When trying to predict the behavior of a single individual, the most useful information will be:

• A) information specific to that individual
• B) their group membership
• C) what you perceive to be the dominant attitude of his or her group
• D) the stereotype for his or her group

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Definitions:

Monotreme

A mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young, such as the platypus and echidnas, belonging to the most primitive order of mammals.

Therian

A subgroup of mammals that includes marsupials and placental mammals, distinguished from monotremes.

Morphologically Resemble

To share physical similarities in form and structure with another species or entity.

Common Ancestor

An ancestor that two or more descendants have in common, from which they have diverged through the process of evolution.