Which of the following BEST summarizes the current thinking in human development with regard to the nature and nurture question?
a. Development is always shaped by both nature- and nurture-related factors
b. While nature is important, it is truly our environment that determines who we are.
c. While nurture is important, it is truly our genetics that determines who we are.
d. Because there are no scientific ways to tease them apart, nature and nurture are largely ignored.
a
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a. Make the IQ tests harder. b. Make the IQ tests easier. c. Use simpler vocabulary and sentence structure. d. Provide extra training for low-performing students.
Instability in mood, instability within relationships, and difficulty being alone are all characteristics of __________ personality disorder
a. avoidant b. schizoid c. antisocial d. borderline
Quetelet was the first to apply statistical methods to the examination of individual differences
a. True b. False
Researchers have suggested that people can be divided into chronotypes. A chronotype identifies an individual as a(n)
a. light sleeper or a deep sleeper. b. morning type or an evening type. c. thin body type or a heavy body type. d. extraverted person or an introverted person.