In the Reading Feature "Alone Together," Your Text Explains That

question 14

Multiple Choice

In the Reading Feature "Alone Together," your text explains that communication with digital devices causes us to develop all of the following habits except:​

• A)​We ramp up the volume and velocity of online connections and start to expect answers faster than in nondigital communication
• B)​We ask simpler questions than when we are in nondigital communication
• C)​We use digital dictionaries more often
• D)​We dumb down our communications, even on the most important matters

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Definitions:

Population Genetics

The study of genetic variability in a population and of the forces that act on it.

Theory of Evolution

A scientific explanation for the diversity of life on Earth, proposing that species change over time through natural selection and genetic variation.

Acquired Traits

Characteristics or changes that are gained after birth due to environmental influences or personal actions, not determined by genes and therefore not inheritable.

Darwinian Evolution

The theory of biological evolution by natural selection proposed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, emphasizing survival and reproduction of the fittest.