What Factor(s) Ultimately Determine the Carrying Capacity of a Given

question 33

Multiple Choice

What factor(s) ultimately determine the carrying capacity of a given ecosystem?

• A) The technological development of the organisms living there
• B) The number of people living there
• C) How long organisms have existed there
• D) Its ability to absorb wastes and renew itself
• E) All of these choices are correct

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Definitions:

Response-outcome Relations

The association between actions and the subsequent results, which plays a critical role in behavioral conditioning.

Observational Learning

The process of acquiring new behaviors, skills, or attitudes by watching and imitating the actions of others.

Conditioned Response

A response developed from conditioning, where a formerly neutral stimulus is now associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eliciting a learned reaction.

Rescorla

A significant figure in psychology, known for his work with Robert A. Wagner on the Rescorla-Wagner model of classical conditioning, focusing on how stimuli are associated.