An advantage of maintaining a constant body temperature is that it ____.
A. enables an animal to stay equally active at all environmental temperatures
B. enables an animal to survive on a wider variety of diets
C. minimizes the energy that must be expended on basal metabolism
D. enables an animal to detect changes in the temperature of the environment
Answer: A
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a. In some cases, female homosexuality has been linked to prenatal exposure to abnormally high levels of androgens. b. There are anatomical differences in the brain between homosexual and heterosexual men. c. Homosexuality is a learned preference acquired when same-sex stimuli have been paired with sexual arousal. d. Identical twins of homosexual men are more likely to be homosexual than are fraternal twins of homosexual men.
Research indicates that using scaffolding within a zone of proximal development
a. increases a child's attachment to their caregiver. b. reduces aggression in young children. c. promotes children's learning and memory. d. slows children's language development.
A therapist displays genuineness in interactions with a client when he or she:
a. is totally accepting and respectful of the client at all times b. understands and accepts what the client is feeling c. expresses his or her true feelings in an open and honest way d. challenges irrational beliefs directly through open confrontation
Gabe, at first, holds the beach ball by pulling the ball to his body with his arms. With increasing age, he begins to hold the ball with his hands and later with his fingertips. This progression of development illustrates
a. the cephalocaudal pattern. b. the proximodistal pattern. c. habituation. d. assimilation.