How does heredity affect children's weight?
What will be an ideal response?
Heredity is related to being overweight in childhood. Characteristics such as body type, height, body fat composition, and metabolism are inherited from parents. Overweight parents tend to have overweight children.
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Which of the following statements regarding the behavioral expression of emotion is LEAST accurate?
a. Facial expressions reveal a variety of basic emotions. b. The facial expressions that go with the basic emotions seem to be innate. c. People who have been blind since birth do not smile and frown as sighted people do. d. People are reasonably skilled at deciphering emotions from others' facial expressions.
You have set up a website describing the contributions of nature and nurture to intelligence. To accurately describe the contributions, you select the most appropriate website address. What is it?
A. www.biology.edu B. www.schooling.edu C. www.genes.edu D. www.interaction.edu
Contemporary developmental scientists agree that development:
A. cannot be characterized by either continuity or discontinuity. B. is primarily characterized by discontinuity. C. is primarily characterized by continuity. D. includes both continuity and discontinuity.
Which female is most likely to have an eating disorder?
a. Maciel, an Australian b. Belinda, a Columbian c. Audrey, an Asian d. Doreen, a Bolivian