When a farmer chooses a particular bull to mate with a particular cow, he is practicing _______.
a. selective breeding
b. natural selection
c. both of the above
d. neither of the above
a. selective breeding
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Andi's parents are very poor, and neither has particularly high intelligence. School is not very important to them, and they do not ever bother to read to Andi. Their parenting styles are quite inconsistent, and Andi really never knows when she can count on them. Andi has recently been diagnosed with intellectual disability, and her home environment is seen as a likely culprit behind her
deficits. Andi has a. cultural-familial intellectual disability. b. sociocultural deficit intellectual disability. c. nurture-based neglect intellectual disability. d. experiential deficit disability.
The correlation between intelligence and educational level is _____ because _____.
A) small; education produces only small increases in intelligence B) small; the effects of education on intelligence dissipate over time C) large; education produces large increases in intelligence D) large; intelligent people tend to stay in school longer
Antonia Abbey and colleagues (1987, 1991, 2011) found that _____ are more likely to attribute a _____ friendliness to sexual interest.
In the context of contingent self-esteem, children who believe that they can succeed if they try, who enjoy challenges, and who have faith in their ability to meet those challenges tend to have parents who
A. praise their efforts. B. appreciate their inherent abilities. C. idolize them. D. provide generic praise.