Which of the Following Best Describes "Game Theory" as It

question 64

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes "game theory" as it applies to animal behaviour?

• A)The fitness of a particular behaviour is influenced by other behavioural phenotypes in a population.
• B)The total of all of the behavioural displays, both male and female, is related to courtship.
• C)An individual in a population changes a behavioural phenotype to gain a competitive advantage.
• D)The play behaviour performed by juveniles allows them to perfect adult behaviours that are needed for survival, such as hunting, courtship, and so on.
• E)The evolutionary "game" is played between predator and prey, wherein the prey develops a behaviour through natural selection that enables it to be less vulnerable to predation, and the predator counters with a new reciprocal predatory behaviour.

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