At the zoo, Aziza asks, "Why are giraffes born already able to walk, but we don't walk until so much later?" The best answer to Aziza's question would be __________.
A. adaptation
B. mutation
C. selective advantage
D. neoteny
Answer: D
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a. Tiara, an African American teen who has never had sex education b. Thao, an Asian American teen who received comprehensive sex education c. Myra, a European-American teen who has been trained as a peer sex-educator d. Clair, a Hispanic teen who received comprehensive sex education
________ refers to the desertion of an older adult by an individual who had physical custody or otherwise had assumed responsibility for providing care for the older adult
a. Self-neglect b. Abandonment c. Neglect d. Physical abuse
The achievement of integrity in later adulthood requires
a. a sense of trust in the political process. b. the acceptance of one's life as it has been lived. c. an ability to predict the future. d. a willingness to take new risks.
Identifying the causes that determine when and why a behavior occurs involves using a. prediction
b. description. c. explanation. d. falsifiability.