Summarize the “Nature vs. Nurture” debate as related to physical development in infants.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Typical answers may include the following:
The interactionist position taken by James and Carol Gould is the one best supported by present data. The Goulds believe that genes sensitize new borns to certain aspects of their environments. Both the environment, and training techniques, determine what the infants actually learn.
We come into the world with the ability and the desire to learn almost anything. However, we do best when our environment “shapes” us following the laws of learning. At all levels,nature and nurture interact.It appears that nurture interacts with nature; nurture determines the level of development that is achieved within the possibilities and limitations that nature sets.
Given the past history of the nature–nurture controversy, it’s likely this issue will never be entirely settled and indeed this argument still influences scientific discovery today.
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a. inter-rater b. test-retest c. parallel-forms d. internal consistency
The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are the _______
a. three components of the eardrum b. three tiny bones in the middle ear c. membranes in the oval window d. three components of the basilar membrane cochlea
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What will be an ideal response?
The "right to treatment" refers to the right of
a) all people to affordable health care. b) professionals to make treatment decisions. c) committed people to receive adequate care. d) society to have dangerous people treated.