Dr. Manfred has spent a lifetime developing a detailed explanation for why some children have difficulty learning arithmetic
She has written a book on this topic, which presents her ideas, including a set of assumptions about mathematical thinking, a set of predictions about which children will experience the most difficulty, and an overarching explanation for the entire phenomenon. Using the terms of science, we would conclude that Dr. Manfred's work represents what would typically be called a(n):
a. hypothesis
b. theory
c. evolution
d. maturational determination
b
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a. the wise old man c. a fairy godmother b. the all-powerful God d. all of these
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a. ?Ebbinghaus's b. ?Piaget's c. ?Hebb's d. ?Tolman's
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A. borderline B. hub C. marginal D. first-level
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A. popular B. rejected C. controversial D. neglected