In Giving Directions to Your Friend, You Jokingly Add "Don't

question 26

Multiple Choice

In giving directions to your friend, you jokingly add "don't drive over the curb like you did during your driving test!" In adding this, you are using the _____ function of language.

• A) regulatory
• B) personal
• C) instrumental
• D) heuristic

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

The mechanism where organisms that are more suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce, playing a crucial role in evolution.

Gradualism

A theory in evolutionary biology that proposes changes occur slowly and gradually over long periods of time.

Modern Synthesis

Modern Synthesis is a scientific theory that combines Darwin's theory of natural selection with Mendelian genetics, serving as the foundation of contemporary evolutionary biology.

Population Genetics

The study of genetic variability in a population and of the forces that act on it.