Quincy Is Writing a Research Report About Parental Investment and Learns

question 118

Multiple Choice

Quincy is writing a research report about parental investment and learns that the investment for humans is really large,with most children requiring care until they're in their 20's.Given this great investment,parents want to invest in their own offspring,and NOT another person's children.What piece of evidence supports this belief?

• A) Infants are more likely to respond to biological parents than adoptive parents.
• B) Fathers are more likely to teach skills to their sons than their daughters.
• C) Infants are more likely to be murdered by a stepfather than a biological father.
• D) Mothers are more likely to feed their oldest child over their youngest child.

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Definitions:

Chordate Embryos

Early developmental stages of chordates, characterized by possessing a notochord, a dorsal neural tube, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail at some point in development.

Dorsal Nerve Cord

A key characteristic of chordates, running along the dorsal (back) side of the body, part of the central nervous system.

Ventral Nerve Cord

A major nerve running along the belly side of arthropods and some other invertebrates, involved in transmitting sensory and motor information.

Spinal Cord

A long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain, running down the back, and acts as the main pathway for information connecting the brain and peripheral nervous system.