Both Wallace and Darwin Read About the Critical Concept of Overpopulation

question 45

Multiple Choice

Both Wallace and Darwin read about the critical concept of overpopulation and limited environmental capacity in a book by

• A)Charles Lyell about human populations.
• B)Jean Baptiste de Lamarck about the mechanisms of evolution.
• C)Ernst Mayr on the synthesis of new biological discoveries.
• D)Thomas Malthus about human populations.

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Definitions:

Cross-Situational Consistency

The concept that an individual's behavior tends to be consistent across different situations and contexts.

Self-Fulfilling Tendencies

The phenomenon whereby a person's expectation or belief about a situation or themselves leads to its actualization or enactment.

Social Expectancies

Norms or beliefs about how people are supposed to behave in certain social situations, influencing interactions and perceptions.

Intellectual Expectancies

Preconceived standards or beliefs about intellectual abilities or outcomes that can influence behavior and performance.