Which of the Following Is an Example of a Trade-Off

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a trade-off imposed on an organism that reflects an evolutionary compromise in function?

• A) Patients who became infected by a novel flu strain had had no previous exposure to that particular strain.
• B) Sturdier bones would prevent fractures but would also reduce an organism's mobility.
• C) The crossing of air and food pathways in humans increases the risk of choking.
• D) Recent changes in human diet contribute to metabolic diseases.

Recognize the roles of specific cell types (parvo and magno cells) in vision.

Identify and explain types of visual impairments, particularly visual agnosia.

Understand how object recognition occurs, including the role of bottom-up processing.

Comprehend the concept of perceptual constancy and its importance in object recognition.

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Definitions:

Deceased Parent

Refers to a parent who has passed away, affecting the psychological and emotional well-being of their offspring.

Encoding Specificity Effect

The phenomenon that memory recall is most effective when the information available at the time of encoding is also available at the time of retrieval.

Primacy Effect

A cognitive bias that results in a person remembering information presented at the beginning of a list better than information in the middle or at the end.

Recency Effect

The tendency to remember the most recently presented items or experiences more efficiently than those presented earlier.