Which of the Following Types of Population Curves Would Best

question 46

Multiple Choice

Which of the following types of population curves would best represent a group of elephants that enter a new, open habitat and become a stable part of that ecosystem?

• A) Norm-shaped curve
• B) S-shaped curve
• C) J-shaped curve
• D) Cyclic oscillation-shaped curve
• E) Survivorship curve

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

An associative learning process in which two stimuli are paired repeatedly, causing a response that initially comes from the second stimulus to eventually come from the first stimulus alone.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process by which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Unconditioned Response

A natural, automatic reaction to a stimulus that occurs without any need for prior learning or conditioning.

Conditioned Response

is a learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus through conditioning.