Organic Evolution

question 9

Multiple Choice

Organic evolution

• A) is a change in an individual over its lifetime.
• B) describes the changes that a culture undergoes over time.
• C) describes the variation observed in a population of individuals during one time frame.
• D) is a term synonymous with epigenetics.
• E) is the accumulation of genetic changes in a population of living organisms over many generations.

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Definitions:

Conscious Thought

Mental processes and concepts that are within an individual's awareness and can be deliberately considered or manipulated.

Primary Process

In psychoanalytic theory, the unconscious thought process that is illogical, irrational, and driven by the pleasure principle, often associated with dreams and neurotic symptoms.

Sexual Partners

Individuals with whom one engages in sexual activity within a consensual agreement or relationship.

Fixation

A persistent focus on an earlier psychosexual stage due to unresolved conflicts; in psychoanalysis, this can lead to personality traits and behaviors associated with that stage.