What Is an Example of a Paradigm Shift That Is

question 22

Multiple Choice

What is an example of a paradigm shift that is prevalent in current social and political discourse?

• A) the limited acceptance of treatment for mental disorders
• B) greater gender equality
• C) the focus on the traditional nuclear family
• D) the reliance on anecdotal rather than scientific findings to solving problems

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Definitions:

Consumers

Organisms that obtain their energy and nutrients by eating other organisms, cannot produce food themselves and are part of the food chain.

Ecosystem

A biological community interacting with its environment.

Energy Flow

The passage of energy through the components of an ecosystem, from the sun through producers to consumers and then to decomposers.

Cyclical

Describes a process that occurs in a repeated sequence or in cycles.