If Habitat Selection Behavior Is Influenced by Genes, Why Is

question 21

Multiple Choice

If habitat selection behavior is influenced by genes, why is learning not an adaptation in a fixed world with constant good and bad habitat types?

• A) Selection will favor individuals that prefer to breed in the good habitat, so the world will contain individuals that only breed in the good habitat and learning will be unnecessary.
• B) Learning will only lead to breeding in the good habitat 50% of the time, so it will not be favored.
• C) In a fixed world, there is no relationship between past experience and future conditions, so learning is not beneficial.
• D) Learning is too costly in a fixed world.
• E) The benefits of learning in a fixed world are too unpredictable.

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