By the End of the Ice Age, There May Have

question 12

Multiple Choice

By the end of the Ice Age, there may have been___________ humans, or _________________.

• A) 10 million, one person for every 5 square miles of land surface.
• B) 100 million, one person for every 100 square miles of land surface.
• C) 5 million, one person for every 10 square miles of land surface.
• D) 1 million, five persons for every 1 square mile of land surface.
• E) 1000 people, one person for every 10 square miles of land surface.

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Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overestimate the effect of personality or disposition and underestimate the influence of situational factors when interpreting the behavior of others.

Environmental Factors

External elements like climate, geography, and pollution that can affect organisms and their development.

Self-Serving Bias

The common tendency to attribute one's successes to personal characteristics and failures to external factors.

Rose-Colored Glasses

An idiom describing an overly optimistic and unrealistic perspective on situations, where negative aspects are overlooked or dismissed.