Three-Year-Old Ruby Is in Her Playroom by Herself, Coloring with Her

question 55

Multiple Choice

Three-year-old Ruby is in her playroom by herself, coloring with her crayons. She thinks without vocalizing her thoughts, "The sky will be blue with white clouds. My flowers should be yellow and red." Ruby's thoughts best illustrate _____.

• A)fast mapping
• B)artificialism
• C)conservation
• D)inner speech

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Definitions:

Phylogenetic Species Concept

The phylogenetic species concept is the idea that species are the smallest possible groups whose members are descended from a common ancestor and who all possess defining or derived characteristics that distinguish them from other such groups.

Biological Species Concept

Holds that species are groups of actually (or potentially) interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups.

General Lineage Species Concept

The general lineage species concept is the idea that species are metapopulations of organisms that exchange alleles frequently enough that they constitute the same gene pool and therefore the same evolutionary lineage.

Biological

Pertaining to the science of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution.