According to Tinbergen, if you are examining a trait in order to determine how it develops in an organism, from birth until adulthood, what are you studying?
A) Proximate cause
B) Latent inhibition
C) Comparative mechanisms
D) Ultimate cause

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Tinbergen's framework for understanding animal behavior includes both proximate and ultimate causes. Proximate causes concern the immediate biological and environmental factors influencing a trait's development and expression, such as its genetic, physiological, and ontogenetic (developmental) aspects. When examining a trait from birth until adulthood, you are studying its development, which falls under the category of proximate causes.

According to Tinbergen, If You Are Examining a Trait in Order