The Experiments with Rats Living in Highly Crowded Cages Suggest

question 55

Multiple Choice

The experiments with rats living in highly crowded cages suggest that​

• A) ​overcrowding leads to differences in the social interactions among rats.
• B) ​overcrowding causes short life spans for most rats in crowded conditions.
• C) ​rats become more fertile, hence leading to even more crowded conditions.
• D) ​crowding eventually reduces the population to about 1/10 of its original size.

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