Parents seldom spend a lot of time explaining to their children how to ride a bicycle. Instead, they often get a bike with training wheels and let the children learn for themselves how to ride a bike
This is because our understanding about how to ride a bicycle is based on
a. automatic thinking, which is difficult to describe to someone else.
b. controlled thinking that can only be learned by experience.
c. intuition, which is difficult to express in language that a child can understand.
d. personal experience that is not likely to be believed by the child.
Answer: A
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A. low-birthweight infants B. preterm infants C. small for gestational age D. very low birthweight infants
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a. nurses b. medical doctors c. clergy d. pharmacists
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A. if caught in time, Alzheimer's disease can now be prevented. B. the earlier it's diagnosed, the less stressful it is for families. C. other disorders that look like Alzheimer's may be reversible if treated early on. D. because it's fatal, treatment should be withheld from Alzheimer's patients.
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a. self-actualization. b. conditioned responses. c. rewards and punishments. d. unconscious thoughts.