You Are Studying a Population of Mice

question 36

Short Answer

You are studying a population of mice. The starting population size is 200 adults. Following reproduction, 10% of adults die. The birth rate is 15% and the emigration rate is 30%, but only very young individuals disperse. The population receives 44 immigrants, existing adults reproduce and then some die, and of the offspring that are produced some emigrate. What is the total population size following reproduction, death of adults, birth of young, emigration of young, and immigration of outsiders?

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Definitions:

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic method and theory of psychotherapy, developed by Sigmund Freud, that aims to explore the unconscious mind to treat psychopathology.

Psychogenic Perspective

A viewpoint in psychology that emphasizes the psychological origins of disorders, as opposed to their physical or biological aspects.

Bernheim and Lièbault

Two prominent figures in the history of hypnotism and psychotherapy, known for their work on suggestibility and hypnosis in the late 19th century.

Using Hypnosis

The practice of inducing a trance-like state to increase suggestibility and facilitate therapeutic interventions.