The "reaction range" is:
a. the genetically determined range of outcomes for development.
b. how a child will react to different visual and motor stimuli.
c. the outcome of development based on one's environment.
d. the upper limit of development when one has a great deal of environmental stimulation.
A
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a. The dogs received no signals of satiety from chewing and swallowing. b. The food reached the dogs' stomachs, and they stopped eating. c. Even though no food reached their stomachs, the dogs stopping feeding after a while, and resumed feeding sooner than dogs whose food reached their stomachs. d. The dogs stopped feeding after a while, and did not eat as soon as dogs whose food reached their stomachs.
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A. 8 B. 10 C. 28 D. 38
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a) plaques in the brain and tangles inside neurons b) loss of most of the frontal lobes and scars on the myelin sheath c) enlarged ventricular spaces and reduction in the size of the cerebellum d) loss of most of the glial cells and clumps of neurons packed tightly together