Most Human Variation Is Due to _____ Traits

question 139

Multiple Choice

Most human variation is due to _____ traits.

• A)single gene
• B)complex
• C)epistatic
• D)nondisjunction
• E)incompletely dominant

Understand the specific pay plans designed to improve cost-effectiveness, such as the Scanlon Plan.

Understand Freud's psychoanalytic theory, including the structure of personality (id, ego, superego).

Identify and explain Freud's psychosexual stages of development.

Recognize different defense mechanisms as proposed by Freud and understand their purposes.

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Definitions:

Evolutionary Psychology

A branch of psychology that seeks to explain humans' mental and psychological traits as a result of evolutionary adaptations.

Common Biology

The study of biological principles and phenomena that are universally applicable to living organisms.

Evolutionary History

The branching process by which different species evolve from their common ancestors over geological time scales.

Nature

The physical world and everything in it that is not made by humans, including plants, animals, and ecosystems.