What Factors Contribute to the Likelihood of a Divorce

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What factors contribute to the likelihood of a divorce?

Recognize the role of genetic variation within populations in evolution and how mechanisms such as natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow contribute to evolution.

Understand the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and its importance in predicting the genetic structure of populations under certain conditions.

Understand the basic principles and mechanisms of evolution.

Describe how genetic variation within populations contributes to evolution.

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Definitions:

Minimizing Law

The principle suggesting that organisms will adapt their behaviors in order to minimize negative consequences or punishments.

Contrast Law

A principle in psychology that states the perceived intensity of a stimulus can change relative to the intensity of a preceding or surrounding stimulus.

Mowrer's Two-Factor Theory

A theory proposing that avoidance learning involves both classical conditioning of fear and operant conditioning of the avoidance response.

Avoidance Conditioning

A learning process in operant conditioning wherein an individual learns a behavior to avoid an undesired stimulus or outcome.