The Prisoner's Dilemma Describes

question 5

Multiple Choice

The prisoner's dilemma describes

• A) the decision faced by aphids taken captive by slave-making ants over whether to escape or to cooperate with the ants.
• B) a model of decisions regarding defection or cooperation with another individual.
• C) reproductive decisions faced by animals at the edge of their species' range regarding whether to hybridize with another species or continue searching for a member of their own.
• D) "buyer's remorse" by a member of a mated pair, wishing to choose a different mate but facing the high costs of searching.

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Definitions:

Reaction Rate

The speed at which reactants are converted into products in a chemical reaction.

Activation Energy

The minimum amount of energy required to initiate a chemical reaction, determining the reaction rate.

Arrhenius Equation

A formula that gives the rate of a reaction as a function of temperature, providing a basis for understanding temperature effects on reaction rate constants.

Transition State

A high-energy configuration of atoms during a chemical reaction that represents the point of highest energy along the reaction path.