Social Research Indicates That a Person Is Most Likely to Marry

question 46

Multiple Choice

Social research indicates that a person is most likely to marry someone from the same village or city,or a high school or college classmate.Therefore,the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium does not apply well to human populations because

• A)allelic changes in one direction are balanced by changes in the opposite direction.
• B)there is no directional trend in selection of mates since most individuals marry someone.
• C)individuals are not pairing up by chance across the whole population,and genetic drift is more likely to change gene frequencies.
• D)this increases gene flow.
• E)we accumulate adaptive traits that improve the population.

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Definitions:

Psychosocial Stage

Stages of psychological and social development postulated by Erik Erikson, through which an individual progresses throughout their lifetime.

Identity Versus Identity Confusion

Erikson’s fifth developmental stage, which individuals experience during the adolescent years. At this time, adolescents examine who they are, what they are all about, and where they are going in life.

Initiative Versus Guilt

A stage in Erickson's psychosocial development theory where children learn to exercise independence and initiative, but may feel guilt when unsuccessful.

Psychosocial Stages

Erikson's theory that proposes eight stages of human development, each characterized by a different conflict that must be resolved for healthy psychological development.