A Peacock Is Significantly More Colourful Than a Peahen and Has

question 56

Multiple Choice

A peacock is significantly more colourful than a peahen and has a much larger tail. These traits allow the peacock to attract a mate but also make the peacock more visible to predators. This is an example of

• A) runaway sexual selection.
• B) sexual conflict.
• C) the handicap principle.
• D) the good genes hypothesis.

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Definitions:

Specific Phobias

A type of anxiety disorder characterized by an intense, irrational fear of specific objects or situations.

Large Effects

Significant outcomes or impacts, often used in research to describe the magnitude of the results.

Medium Effects

Refers to a moderate level of impact or influence that an intervention or variable has in an experimental study.

Nonexposure Treatments

Psychological treatments that address anxiety and trauma without directly confronting the fear-inducing stimuli.