Natural Selection Tends to

question 46

Multiple Choice

Natural selection tends to

• A) increase the commonality of characteristics that enhance survival and reproduction.
• B) decrease the number of individuals in any given population.
• C) lead to an increase in genetic drift.
• D) decrease the likelihood of adaptation.

Understand therapeutic approaches for managing insomnia and other sleep disorders.

Understand the concept of normal distribution in human traits and apply it to intelligence.

Identify and explain the importance of reliability in psychological testing.

Recognize the historical development of intelligence testing and key contributions by pioneers such as Alfred Binet, Theodore Simon, and David Wechsler.

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