You Find an Old Tree Stump in a Forest and Would

question 9

Multiple Choice

You find an old tree stump in a forest and would like to use it for tree-ring analysis,but you don't know when the tree was cut down.The best way to establish dates for the analysis is to:

• A)compare patterns in the tree rings to ring chronologies sampled from nearby trees on known dates.
• B)submit the tree stump to carbon-14 dating analysis.
• C)estimate the age of the tree stump based on the level of decay it has experienced.
• D)assign small rings to years of known droughts.

Understand the role and importance of critical thinking in psychology.

Identify the scientific goals related to understanding, predicting, and explaining behavior.

Recognize the methods and approaches used to study human behavior and mental processes.

Understand the interaction of biological elements, such as neuroscience, with psychological theories.

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