What Is the Hypothesized Benefit of Conspecific Cueing in American

question 16

Multiple Choice

What is the hypothesized benefit of conspecific cueing in American redstarts?

• A) A reduction in competition
• B) A reduction in predation risk
• C) A reduction in the time to find a high-quality habitat
• D) A reduction in the energetic costs of parental care
• E) An increase in immune system function

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Definitions:

Control

In experimental design, control refers to an experimental group that does not receive any experimental treatment in order to provide a baseline for measuring changes that might occur in other groups. As a goal of research, control refers to gaining information about human behavior in order to be able to predict and control it.

Experimental Design

A research method involving the manipulation of one or more independent variables to determine their effect on dependent variables, allowing for control of confounding factors to establish causality.

Participants

Individuals who have volunteered to be in a research project, or in Hymes’s theory, the people present in a speech situation and their roles and relationships.

Control Groups

Experimental groups not exposed to any experimental variable.