According to the text, what conclusion can be drawn in the nature-nurture debate?

a. Heredity is the most important because we inherit our potential for development as well as our limitations.
b. Environment is the most important because influences, such as learning, nutrition, disease, and culture affect our ability to develop to our potential.
c. It is the interaction between heredity and environment that is important in determining who we become.
d. Neither heredity nor environment is important; only our own behavior determines who we are.


C

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a. the inside of the axon becomes negatively charged relative to the outside of the axon. b. there is no change in the electrical charge of the axon. c. the inside of the axon becomes positively charged relative to the outside of the axon. d. there is a gradual, long-term reversal in the electrical charge of the axon. e. positively charged ions are pumped from the inside of the axon.

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What will be an ideal response?

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In some parts of the world, corporal punishment is a traditional child rearing practice, whereas the practice is frowned upon in other places. In the context of abnormality, this is reflective of

A. cultural relativism. B. mental illness. C. dysfunction. D. distress.

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