Which One of the Following Statements Most Accurately Reflects the Concept

question 51

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements most accurately reflects the concept of distributed intelligence?

• A)How "intelligent" children become is,to some extent,a function of the number of siblings they have; children from larger families tend to have slightly lower IQ scores.
• B)How "intelligent" students are is,to some extent,a function of class size; students achieve at lower levels when they are in larger classes.
• C)Students almost invariably perform at higher levels in some academic subject areas than they do in others.
• D)On average,students can act more intelligently when they can use outside resources as well as their minds.

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Definitions:

Hybrid Inviability

A postzygotic barrier where offspring resulting from the mating of two different species fail to survive to reproductive maturity.

Mechanical Isolation

A form of reproductive isolation where two species are prevented from interbreeding due to physical incompatibilities that prevent successful mating or fertilization.

Magic Traits

Specific traits in evolutionary biology that influence both mate choice and survival, facilitating speciation.

Genome

The complete set of genetic material, including all of the genes and their sequencing information, present in an organism or a cell.