Grime Proposed That Combinations of Life History Traits in Plants

question 12

Multiple Choice

Grime proposed that combinations of life history traits in plants are mainly determined by three factors. Which is NOT one of these factors?

• A) disturbance
• B) herbivory
• C) competition
• D) stress

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Definitions:

Acquisition

In learning theory, the process of gaining new information and incorporating it into one's knowledge base.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which an association is made between a naturally occurring stimulus and a previously neutral stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral stimulus that becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus, leading to a conditioned response in classical conditioning.

Classical Conditioning

An instructional process where two stimuli are frequently paired together; the response, initially triggered by the second stimulus, is subsequently drawn by the first stimulus alone.