Which of the Following Was Suggested by Ethologist Konrad Lorenz

question 83

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was suggested by ethologist Konrad Lorenz regarding aggression?

• A)Lorenz argued that aggression is a primary instinctual drive observed only in animals.
• B)Lorenz believed that society should offer people acceptable ways of permitting catharsis.
• C)Lorenz said that the shorter the energy builds up,the greater the amount of the aggression displayed when it is discharged.
• D)Lorenz suggested that participation in aggressive sports and games would encourage the discharge of aggression in less socially desirable ways.

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Definitions:

Chordates

A large phylum of animals that includes all vertebrates as well as two groups of invertebrates, characterized by having a notochord at some stage of their development.

Ediacaran Fauna

Ediacaran fauna is a group of animal species that existed during the Ediacaran period, just before the Cambrian. The oldest Ediacaran fossils are about 570 million years old. Ediacarans included diverse species that looked like fronds, geometrical disks, and blobs covered with tire tracks. They appear to have become extinct 540 million years ago, although some researchers argue that certain Ediacaran taxa belong to extant animal clades.

Extinction

Refers to the permanent loss of a species. It is marked by the death or failure to breed of the last individual.

Stromatolites

Layered structures formed by the mineralization of bacteria.