After Studying the Food Web Shown, Select a Reasonable Outcome

question 5

Multiple Choice

After studying the food web shown, select a reasonable outcome following the complete disappearance of wolves.

• A)Coyotes may decline because they eat wolves.
• B)Coyotes may increase because one of their primary predators is gone.
• C)Grass, willow, and berries will increase as more elk become available.
• D)Voles may decline as coyotes become less abundant.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Change

Refers to the process of transforming or modifying human behaviors, often aimed at adopting more desirable or healthful habits, through various psychological and intervention strategies.

Reinforcements

In behaviorism, any event that strengthens or increases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated, which can be positive (adding a desirable stimulus) or negative (removing an aversive stimulus).

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, a process by which a conditioned response decreases or disappears as a result of repeated exposure to the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.

Reinforcer

Any stimulus that strengthens or increases the probability of a specific response or behavior by being delivered as a consequence of that response or behavior.