According to the ________ view of development, the difference between the immature and mature being is simply one of amount or complexity
A) nature
B) discontinuous
C) nurture
D) continuous
Answer: D
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a. It sinks into the lining of the uterus where the uterus engulfs and feeds it. b. It feeds directly through a fully developed umbilical cord. c. It feeds via tendrils from its outer layer burrow into the walls of the uterus. d. As it does not change, it has no need to feed.
Research by Novick examined whether the meaning of airplane changed for U.S. students around the time of the 2001 terrorist attacks. According to this research,
a. airplane became a more prototypical example of a vehicle shortly after the attacks, but it was judged less prototypical about 4 months later. b. the number of connection weights for airplane decreased at the time of the attacks, but soon afterwards, the number of connection weights increased. c. shortly after the attacks, airplane shifted from being a prototype to becoming an exemplar. d. for experts, the meaning of airplane changed significantly; for novices, the meaning remained stable.
Contemporary older people in industrialized nations are largely __________
A) focused on living in the past B) biased toward negative emotions C) present- and future-oriented D) focused on the nearness of death
After playing tennis, Briana hurries home because her mother always bakes Briana's favorite scones on Saturday afternoons. As Briana opens the front door, she notices the kitchen trashcan smells horribly, but her mother says,
"I don't smell anything." The most likely explanation for this is that Briana's mother: a. experienced a decline in her sense of smell as she reached middle age. b. has a different absolute threshold for olfaction than does her daughter. c. adapted to the smell of the trashcan because it is an unchanging stimulus. d. is a naysayer, while Briana is a yea-sayer.