Imagine That a Population of Deer Living on an Island

question 82

Multiple Choice

Imagine that a population of deer living on an island without any predators was threatened with overpopulation, until wolves were imported. After a couple of years, there were fewer deer, but their average running speed and the length of their legs had increased. What process accounts for the change?

• A) Genetic impossibility
• B) Unfavorable mutations
• C) Natural selection
• D) Changes due to chance alone
• E) Inheritance of acquired characteristics

Grasp the concept of social facts as defined by Durkheim and differentiate between what constitutes a social fact and what does not.

Understand the empirical nature of sociology and its reliance on systematic observations.

Apply the sociological imagination to personal views and social controversies.

Comprehend the distinction between manifest and latent functions in society.