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An example of material culture would be ideas about beauty.
Evolutionary Developmental Theory
A scientific theory that seeks to understand how evolutionary processes guide the development of organisms over time.
Adaptive Value
The extent to which a trait or behavior enhances an organism's chances of survival and reproduction in its environment.
Independent Variable
The factor proposed to change the behavior under study in an experiment; it is systematically manipulated during an experiment.
Experimental Research
A research design that permits inferences about cause and effect by exerting control, systematically manipulating a variable, and studying the effects on measured variables.
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