Consider Niko Tinbergen's Four Levels of Explanation and Complete the Following

question 28

Multiple Choice

Consider Niko Tinbergen's four levels of explanation and complete the following sentence: ________ explanations tell us about the immediate mechanisms that precipitate a particular disease, and ________ explanations tell us how processes such as natural selection leave the body vulnerable to disease.

• A) Developmental; phylogenetic
• B) Evolutionary; developmental
• C) Proximate; evolutionary
• D) Phylogenetic; proximate

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Definitions:

Efficient

Performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort.

Catalyst

Substance that increases the rate at which a chemical reaction proceeds without being changed permanently.

Chemical Reaction

A process that leads to the transformation of one set of chemical substances to another, characterized by the breaking and formation of bonds.

Solute

Dissolved substance in a solution.