One Reason Mendel Could Interpret His Experimental Results So Clearly

question 70

Multiple Choice

One reason Mendel could interpret his experimental results so clearly is because ____.

• A) he incorporated his spirituality into his studies
• B) he analyzed complex morphological traits
• C) several genes often control simple traits
• D) simple traits are rarely controlled by single genes
• E) a single gene often controls simple traits

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

An instructional process where two stimuli are frequently combined, leading to a response that initially comes from the second stimulus but later comes from the first stimulus alone.

Neutral Stimuli

Stimuli that do not elicit any particular response before conditioning in a learning process.

Conditioned Responses

The acquired reaction to a once neutral stimulus that has been linked with a natural, unconditioned stimulus.

Placebo Effect

The situation where participants’ expectations, rather than the experimental treatment, produce an experimental outcome.