Survival Value Definition for AP Psychology

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Survival value refers to the adaptive advantage or benefit that a behavior or trait provides for an organism's survival and reproductive success.

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The process by which individuals with advantageous traits are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing those traits onto future generations.

A trait or characteristic that has evolved through natural selection to better suit an organism's environment.

Fitness: A measure of an individual's reproductive success in passing on its genes to future generations.

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