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#Question id: 16899


Which of the following is not a possible explanation for this finding?

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology
  1. Something in tomato products causes lower risk of prostate cancer.
  2. There is a confounding variable that causes lower risk of prostate cancer, such as eating vegetables in general, that is also related to eating tomato products.
  3. A large number of food products were measured to test for a relationship, and tomato products happened to show a relationship just by chance.
  4. A large sample size was used, so even if there were no relationship, one would almost certainly be detected.
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#Question id: 3476

#Section 2: Evolution

The genetic relatedness (r) of an individual to brother is 0.50, according to Hamilton’s Rule, only if the fitness benefit is

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#Question id: 3477

#Section 2: Evolution

Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?

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#Question id: 3478

#Section 2: Evolution

Natural selection may favour the evolution of foraging behaviours by predator that

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#Question id: 3479

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following could be classified as habituation?

A) You enter a room and hear a fan motor. After a period of time, you are no longer aware of the motorʹs noise.

B) You hear a horn while driving your car. You step on the brakes but notice the sound came from a side street. You resume your previous speed.

C) One morning you awake to a beep-beep-beep from a garbage truck working on a new early morning schedule. The next week the garbage truck arrives at the same time and makes the same noise, but does not wake you up.

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#Question id: 3480

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following statements about learning and behavior is correct?

A) Operant conditioning involves associating a behavior with a reward or punishment.

B) Associative learning involves linking one stimulus with another.

C) Behavior can be modified by learning, but some apparent learning is due to maturation.

D) Imprinting is a learned behavior with an innate component acquired during a sensitive period.

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#Question id: 3481

#Section 2: Evolution

Classical conditioning and operant conditioning differ in that

A) classical conditioning takes longer.

B) operant conditioning usually involves more intelligence.

C) operant conditioning involves consequences for the animalʹs behavior.

D) classical conditioning is restricted to mammals and birds.