Which of the Following Evidence Most Strongly Supports the Common

question 60

Multiple Choice

Which of the following evidence most strongly supports the common origin of all life on Earth? All organisms ________.

• A) require energy
• B) use essentially the same genetic code
• C) reproduce
• D) show heritable variation

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

Learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others and the outcomes of those behaviors, without direct personal experience.

Intermittent Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule in which a behavior is reinforced only some of the time, leading to more resistant and lasting behavioral changes.

Continuous Reinforcement

A method of learning that involves rewarding a behavior every time it occurs, leading to faster acquisition of the behavior.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, it refers to the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.