According to Stephen Jay Gould, with which of the following occurrences does biological determinism correlate?
A) episodes of political retrenchment
B) campaigns to reduce government spending on social programs
C) times of fear from ruling elites
D) when disadvantaged groups threaten to usurp power
E) all of these

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Stephen Jay Gould argued that biological determinism correlates with all of these occurrences: episodes of political retrenchment, campaigns to reduce government spending on social programs, times of fear from ruling elites, and when disadvantaged groups threaten to usurp power. He believed that in such times, biological determinism is often invoked to justify inequalities and maintain the status quo by attributing social and economic differences to innate, immutable biological differences.

According to Stephen Jay Gould, with Which of the Following