One Constraint on What Natural Selection Can Achieve Comes from the Fact

question 35

Multiple Choice

One constraint on what natural selection can achieve comes from the fact that it lacks foresight. This means that

• A) traits that are beneficial in one environment are likely to be costly in another environment.
• B) selection cannot adapt organisms perfectly to their surroundings because of physical constraints.
• C) traits that increase the probability of higher fitness in the future are favored by selection.
• D) selection favors changes that are immediately beneficial, not changes that may be useful sometime in the future.

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Definitions:

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that contains our primal, instinctive impulses and demands immediate satisfaction.

Hunger Pangs

Hunger pangs are physical sensations of discomfort or pain in the stomach area, typically signaling the need for food intake.

Steal

The act of taking someone else's property without permission or legal right.

Superego

In Freudian psychoanalysis, a part of the personality that acts as a moral center, guiding behavior in accordance with learned social norms.