If a Scientist Is Conducting a Study of How a Male

question 20

Multiple Choice

If a scientist is conducting a study of how a male bird's song and the female bird's response evolved, what type of causation is she exploring?

• A)ultimate causation
• B)proximate causation
• C)stereotyped causation
• D)ethnological causation

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Definitions:

Rights Theory

A framework in ethics and philosophy that holds certain rights as fundamentally important to human beings, which must be respected and protected.

Deontological Theory

An ethical framework that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to rules or duties, rather than the consequences of the action.

Utilitarian Theory

A theory in ethics and philosophy that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority.

Teleological Theory

Refers to an ethical theory that the morality of an action is determined by its outcome or end result.