Stabilizing Selection Occurs When

question 43

Multiple Choice

Stabilizing selection occurs when  

• A) the environment controls which organisms will survive.
• B) humans determine which organisms will survive.
• C) the extremes of the population have a lesser chance to survive.
• D) the extremes of the population have a better chance to survive.
• E) the organisms on one extreme of the population have a better chance to survive than those on the other extreme.

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Definitions:

Scientific Method

A method of procedure consisting of systematic observation, measurement, experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.

Systematic Way

A method based on a deliberate plan of action or procedure that follows a logical sequence or structure.

Paradigm

A set of assumptions, theories, and perspectives that makes up a way of understanding social reality.

Thomas Kuhn

A philosopher of science best known for his theory on scientific revolutions and the concept of "paradigm shifts" in scientific thought and development.