According to your text, what have researchers concluded about the nature–nurture debate in terms of development?
a. Genetics is more important.
b. Environment is more important.
c. Both are important.
d. Genetics is more important in infancy and environment in childhood.
Answer: C
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Both ESP researchers and their critics agree that stage demonstrations of ESP
a. represent one of the situations in which psychic abilities are stable and repeatable. b. are possible, but only for telepathic abilities. c. must involve deception because of the difficulties in controlling psychic phenomena. d. are possible only for the most gifted psychics.
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A) A neonate has lesser neurons than an adult. B) A neonate's spinal cord contains more neurons than the brain. C) As a child matures, axons in neurons shorten. D) Infants are born with about 100 billion neurons, most of which are in the brain.