The Range of Conditions and Resources Required by a Population

question 14

Multiple Choice

The range of conditions and resources required by a population is known as its ____, while the range of conditions and resources that it actually uses is known as its ____.

• A) fundamental niche; habitat
• B) trophic level; habitat
• C) realized niche; fundamental niche
• D) fundamental niche; realized niche
• E) ecological niche; trophic level

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Definitions:

Striving for Superiority

A concept in psychology suggesting that a primary motivational force in humans is the pursuit of superiority or success in overcoming challenges.

Alfred Adler

An Austrian psychiatrist and founder of Adlerian psychology, emphasizing the importance of the feeling of inferiority in the development of personality.

Oedipal Complex

A Freudian theory in psychoanalytic psychology that a child, typically around the age of three to five, experiences a desire for the opposite-sex parent and hostility toward the same-sex parent.

Phallic Complex

A Freudian theory phase of childhood development characterized by attachment to the parent of the opposite sex and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.