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Other people's hypothesis ·Species-specific model
Animal conflict is ritualized, consistent, and minimizes injury; conflict is mainly for show
Too strong to be supported, because we don’t know that their fighting behavior varies “primarily” because of competition for suitable sites. We know that competition is one of the factors that affects their behavior, but we don’t know that it is the main factor.
Not supported, because the author doesn’t compare the variations in A. aperta’s behavior to those seen in “most” (over half) other species of animals.
d
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Not supported, because the choice of escalated fighting behavior or more visual/vocal displays depends on the circumstances. We’re never told that, in general, the spiders have a greater chance of escalated fighting than of visual/vocal displays.
e
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Not supported, because the author doesn’t compare the willingness of the spider to engage in escalated fighting to the willingness of “most” (over half) other species of animals.
Difficulty
57% of people who answer get this correct
This is a very difficult question.
It is significantly harder than the average question in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%149
160
75%170
Analysis
Implied
Critique or debate
Phenomenon-hypothesis
Science
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
33%
159
b
57%
165
c
1%
152
d
6%
159
e
3%
161
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