Question

Question at position 1
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Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 1

We now know that we keep growing in different ways throughout our whole lives, rather than staying the way we are. This reflects:


continuity versus stages.


change versus nature.


accommodation versus application.


stability versus change.

Question at position 2
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Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 2

You mature gradually, but do some things, like graduate from high school, all at once. This difference is an example of:


nature versus nurture.


continuity versus stages.


change versus nurture.


stability versus change.

Question at position 3
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Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 3

A person who believes that people are who they are because of how they are raised is more on the side of _____ with respect to the nature versus nurture debate.


innate traits


nature


nurture


biology

Question at position 4
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Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 4

Abilities that infants are born with, such as the ability to recognize faces, are known as _____ abilities.

blank


innate

behavioral


learned

Question at position 5
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Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 5

Most researchers now believe that both genes and environment have an impact on who we become. Which of the following would show this?


A student who works hard to get good grades

A baseball player who gets better and better with practice


All of these are correct.

An ice skater who practices hard to get better

Question at position 6
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Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 6

Some people think you are the way you are because of your genes, and some people think that you are the way you are because of the environment you are raised in. This is referred to as the:


assimilation debate.


nature versus nurture debate.


environmental debate.


change versus nurture debate.

Question at position 7
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Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 7

Which of these is an example of an innate ability?


Speaking English

Snowboarding


Learning a language


Algebra

Question at position 8
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Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 8

The idea that the brain of an infant is like a blank slate is known as:


tabula rasa.


cogito ergo sum.


dry cup.


the empty brain.

Question at position 9
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Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 9

With language, which of these is an example of a stage?


Amount of time it takes to read a page with 500 words


Babbling versus first words


Number of words that can be read


Number of words spoken

Question at position 10
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Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 10

Children normally learn to walk on their own after a brief period of trying to walk. This is an example of _____ development.


environmental


lifelong


continuous


staged

Answer 1

1. Stability versus change.

2. Continuity versus stages.

3. Nurture.

4. Innate.

5. All of these are correct.

6. Nature versus nurture debate.

7. Learning a language.

8. Tabula rasa.

9. Babbling versus first words.

10. Staged.