According to Tinbergen, If You Are Examining a Trait in Order

question 108

Multiple Choice

According to Tinbergen, if you are examining a trait in order to determine how it develops in an organism, from birth until adulthood, what are you studying?

• A) Proximate cause
• B) Latent inhibition
• C) Comparative mechanisms
• D) Ultimate cause

Perform arithmetic operations with fractions and decimals.

Evaluate expressions using the order of operations, including exponentiation.

Perform arithmetic operations with negative numbers.

Simplify and evaluate algebraic expressions.

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Definitions:

Vertical Intercept

The point at which a curve hits the vertical axis; it shows the value of the y-variable when the value of the x-variable is zero.

X-variable

A variable representing an unknown or unspecified quantity in mathematical functions or equations.

Y-variable

In a coordinate system, it represents the dependent variable, whose value depends on that of another variable (usually the x-variable).

Variables

Elements or features that can change and affect the outcome of a model or experiment, often used in research to measure and analyze differences.