According to This Evolutionary Tree,how Would You Characterize a New

question 35

Multiple Choice

According to this evolutionary tree,how would you characterize a new anthropoid specimen discovered and estimated to be approximately 42 million years old?

• A)one that could be a New World monkey or an Old World monkey
• B)one that is likely a species of lemur
• C)one that is likely a species of tarsier
• D)one that evolved from a new ancestral primate

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Definitions:

Defensive Attribution

A psychological process by which individuals tend to ascribe fewer vulnerabilities to themselves than to others to avoid feeling vulnerable to misfortunes.

Cognitive Dissonance

A state of psychological discomfort caused by holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personal traits and minimize situational factors as causes of other people's behavior.