CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Selective breeding for desirable characteristics is called
A
cretinism
B
creationism
C
Darwinism
D
eugenics
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Eugenics is the selection of desired heritable characteristics in order to improve future generations, typically in reference to humans. The term eugenics was coined in the 1880s.

Detailed explanation-2: -Artificial selection is the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Eugenics, as it was implemented in the Province of Alberta in the 20th century, was a form of artificial selection or selective breeding similar to what is often applied to improve stocks of domestic animals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.

Detailed explanation-5: -Eugenics (/juːˈdʒɛnɪks/ yoo-JEN-iks; from Ancient Greek ̃ (eû) ‘good, well’, and- (genḗs) ‘come into being, growing’) is a fringe set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population.

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