As Populations Approach Carrying Capacity, Crowding Can Affect

question 50

Multiple Choice

As populations approach carrying capacity, crowding can affect:

• A)birth rates through resource limitation.
• B)death rates through resource limitation.
• C)death rates by increasing the transmission of pathogens and parasites.
• D)birth and death rates through closer access to mates.
• E)death rates due to climatic factors.

Understand and describe the positive critical thinking habits of mind.

Apply core critical thinking skills to real-world issues.

Recognize how critical thinking skills support and enhance each other.

Understand the importance of cognitive maturity in acknowledging the complexity of real-world issues.

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Definitions:

Test Session

A designated period during which an assessment or examination is administered to evaluate knowledge, skills, abilities, or psychological attributes.

Core Knowledge

Fundamental knowledge that is considered essential for cognitive development in humans, according to certain theories.

Piaget

A Swiss psychologist named Jean Piaget who is best known for his influential theory of cognitive development in children.

Sensorimotor Substage

The initial phase in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, from birth to approximately age 2, where infants learn about the world through basic actions such as sucking, grasping, looking, and listening.