The Survival of Organisms Best Suited to a Particular Environment

question 208

Multiple Choice

The survival of organisms best suited to a particular environment is known as

• A) functionalism.
• B) natural selection.
• C) behavior genetics.
• D) structuralism.

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Definitions:

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