The Figure Shown Here Represents Stabilizing Selection

question 14

Multiple Choice

The figure shown here represents stabilizing selection. What happens when an individual is produced that possesses a trait far away from the mean value?

• A) That extreme individual will likely not survive and reproduce.
• B) That extreme individual will be more likely to survive and reproduce.
• C) That extreme individual will have neither an advantage nor a disadvantage than other individuals.
• D) All phenotypes have equal likelihood of surviving and reproducing.
• E) The average phenotype is less likely to survive and reproduce.

Assess the effect of antimiscegenation laws on Asian immigrant communities and interracial relationships.

Examine societal attitudes and legal prohibitions against interracial marriages.

Analyze the significance of racial stereotypes in shaping inter-racial and intra-racial dynamics.

Understand the influence of police culture on the behavior of police officers.

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Definitions:

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched.

Reversibility

In cognitive psychology, the ability to recognize that actions can be reversed and objects can be returned to their original state.

Sensorimotor

Referring to the developmental stage in infants and toddlers where they explore the world and learn about it through their senses and motor activities.

Cognitive Development

The process by which individuals acquire and evolve their cognitive abilities, including thinking, problem solving, and decision making, across the lifespan.