Rashid and Tawana are watching the classic TV show Leave It to Beaver. After watching the show, they decide to play. Rashid says he will be Ward Cleaver and Tawana should play June Cleaver. This play situation would be best explained by __________

a) Freudian psychoanalysis.
b) Piaget's theory of development.
c) gender schema theory.
d) learning theory.


d

Psychology

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a. preventing glutamate from binding to NMDA receptors. b. preventing glutamate absorption through transporters in the intestine. c. serving as a positive modulator of NMDA receptors. d. reducing excitatory effects from NMDA receptor activation.

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Psychology