According to Life-Span Developmentalist Paul Baltes (2003), the Benefits Conferred

question 45

Multiple Choice

According to life-span developmentalist Paul Baltes (2003) , the benefits conferred by evolutionary selection decrease with age. Natural selection has not weeded out many harmful conditions and nonadaptive characteristics that appear among older adults. Why?

• A) Degeneration aids in the transmission of desirable traits to future generations.
• B) Natural selection operates primarily on characteristics that are tied to reproductive fitness.
• C) Human evolution has no effect on previous generations.
• D) Evolved mechanisms are always adaptive in contemporary society.

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