Steven Frequently Notices That He and His Teammates Are Far

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Multiple Choice

Steven frequently notices that he and his teammates are far more competitive when they scrimmage each other as a team, as opposed to when they work out independently. This increase in competitiveness could be best explained by which of the following concepts?

• A) Dehumanization.
• B) The individual-group discontinuity.
• C) The ultimate attribution error.
• D) The contact hypothesis.

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Definitions:

Asexual Reproduction

A mode of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes, leading to offspring genetically identical to the parent.

Genetically Identical Offspring

Offspring that share the same genetic material, typically as a result of asexual reproduction.

Genetic Recombination

The process by which pieces of DNA are broken and recombined to produce new combinations of alleles, contributing to genetic diversity.

Muller's Ratchet

A process by which the genomes of an asexual population accumulate deleterious mutations in an irreversible manner.