Different cultures develop different counting systems. The Oksapmin children of New Guinea learn to count using a system based on ______.
a. branches of trees
b. petals on flowers
c. body parts
d. types of animals
c. body parts
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a. cystic fibrosis is the most common fatal hereditary disease among European Americans. b. about 60,000 Americans have the disorder. c. 1 in every 11 people is carriers of this illness. d. cystic fibrosis is more common in European American individuals than any other group.
Which of the following students provides the most accurate comparison between the prototype approach and the exemplar approach?
a. Tariq: "The prototype approach works well for concepts that are nouns, whereas the exemplar approach works well for concepts that are verbs, especially verbs that show action." b. Clifford: "The prototype approach says that concepts are associated with one best example of a category; the exemplar approach says that concepts are associated with many specific examples of a category." c. Ekaterina: "At first, researchers emphasized that these two approaches would be very different from each other; now researchers say that they are identical, when focusing on everyday objects and organisms." d. Lynne: "The prototype approach emphasizes items that exist in real life; the exemplar approach emphasizes geometric figures that don't exist in real life.
While watching Survivor on television, you realize that the participants cannot worry about creating alliances or making worthy contributions until they have first secured a source of food and shelter. This phenomenon is explained best by ____ theory of motivation.?
a. ?the incentive b. ?Solomon’s opponent process c. ?Maslow's hierarchy d. ?the arousal
Jennifer is an adolescent girl who lives in Chicago, Il. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Jennifer lives with her mother and her mother's boyfriend. Based on what we know about pubertal timing, when will Jennifer experience menarche?
A. early as compared to other girls B. at about the same time as the average girl in the United States C. late as compared to other girls D. Jennifer could go through puberty at any point-the factors she experienced do not affect menarche.