Which question best captures the spirit of most individuals who study human development with a nature/nurture focus?
a. How do genes and environmental factors interact in the development of memory processes?
b. Which human behaviors are determined genetically, and which are determined by environmental factors?
c. At what age do environmental factors surpass genetic factors as most important in human development?
d. Which genes are responsible for childhood behavior, and which genes are responsible for adult behavior?
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Skinner described personality simply as an accumulation of _____
a. learned responses c. inherited traits b. archetypes d. personal constructs
How a researcher treats participants is an example of an environmental factor in a research study.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Noah is building a birdhouse with his mom. She has cut the pieces of wood for him, then showed him how to hold them so he could nail them together. Noah then tries nailing them together by himself, working quietly for a half an hour. At last he thinks the birdhouse is finished. When he picks it up, the roof and one of the sides falls off. Noah throws everything on the table, and says in a frustrated voice, "I'm not any good at this!" Which issue is Noah wrestling with?
A. parental discipline B. social comparison C. self-evaluation D. gender typing
Infants with the insecure attachment style of avoidance show deep distress when their mothers leave the room in the strange situation test
Indicate whether the statement is true or false