When Chester is conceived by his parents, he has the genetic instructions to grow up to be 6'1'' tall. During his childhood, however, he develops a digestive illness that significantly limits the amount of food he can eat, and he regularly fails to get enough vitamins in his diet. As a result, he grows up to be 5'11'' tall. In this example, a height of 6'1'' is best described as Chester's ____
and a height of 5'11'' is best described as Chester's ____.
a. phenotype; genotype
b. chromotype; nucleotype
c. nucleotype; chromotype
d. genotype; phenotype
d
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LeVine (1977, 1997) theorized that the caregiving environment in a child's development reflects a set of goals. Which of the following is the first goal in the order of importance?
a) Physical health and survival b) Promotion of behaviors c) Cultural values and morals d) Prestige and self-sufficiency
During middle childhood, children's moral reasoning is usually at the third level of Kohlberg's theory
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
What is a common problem in record keeping for self-modification?
a. Thinking you can keep track of a behavior without writing it down. b. Worrying too much about recording problems. c. The reactive effect of self-observation. d. The inadequacy of recording devices.
If a researcher concludes that the independent variable did not cause the dependent variable, it might be because the causal relationship really does not exist between the variables, or it may be that _____
a. alpha was set too low c. the researcher made a Type II error b. the power of the experiment is too low d. all of these could be true