Traditional Approaches to Finding Cause and Effect Usually Try to Isolate

question 30

Multiple Choice

Traditional approaches to finding cause and effect usually try to isolate causal mechanisms from other possible influences while the scientific realist approach views these other possible influences as ____.

• A) deviations
• B) causal mechanisms
• C) contexts
• D) true causes

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Definitions:

Speciation And Extinction

The processes by which new species are created through evolutionary mechanisms, and the loss of species when they die out, respectively.

Human Activity

Actions and behaviors performed by humans which impact the environment, such as industrial production, agriculture, and urban development.

Continental Drift

The theory suggesting that Earth's continents are in constant motion on the surface of the globe.

Geographic Isolation

The physical separation of populations of a species, leading to genetic divergence and potentially speciation, due to geographical barriers.