The Insect Wing Is Thought to Have First Evolved Because

question 38

Multiple Choice

The insect wing is thought to have first evolved because it provided the benefit of thermoregulation.Only later,when wings became large,did it also come to provide the important benefit of flight.This is an example of

• A)exaptation.
• B)phenotypic shift.
• C)an allele.
• D)meiotic division.

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Definitions:

Vicarious Punishment

A form of learning where an individual's tendency to perform a behavior is decreased after observing another individual being punished for that behavior.

Mediated

The process by which something is transmitted or carried from one entity or place to another, often through an intervening agent.

Intermittent Pairing

The occasional association or combination of two or more different elements, especially in learning processes.

Classical Conditioning

An educational technique that pairs two stimuli together repeatedly; a response that at first occurs due to the second stimulus alone eventually results from the first stimulus.