Operational Definitions Are Most Likely to Facilitate

question 98

Multiple Choice

Operational definitions are most likely to facilitate

• A) replication.
• B) positive correlations.
• C) regression toward the mean.
• D) the placebo effect.

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Definitions:

Attractive Mate

An individual selected based on traits perceived as desirable, enhancing reproductive success in natural and sexual selection.

Disruptive Selection

A type of natural selection that favors extreme values of a trait over intermediate values, leading to two or more contrasting phenotypes in the population.

Stabilizing Selection

Mode of natural selection in which an intermediate form of a trait is adaptive, and extreme forms are selected against.

Prenatal Care

Medical and healthcare provided to a pregnant woman before delivery, aiming to ensure the health of both the mother and the developing fetus.