Because Dr. Smith falls on the "nurture" side of the nature-nurture controversy, she is most likely to believe that

a. if infants are given normal opportunities to move about, their motor skills will naturally unfold in a universal sequence.
b. teachers' expectations for their students' success will have little effect on how they actually achieve.
c. while a child's experiences in school will have an impact on his or her intellectual development, what the child is "born with" matters more.
d. a mother's care can greatly impact the development of a child.


d

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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a. middle-borns were overrepresented among world leaders, whereas first-borns were underrepresented b. first-borns were overrepresented among world leaders, whereas middle- and last-borns were underrepresented c. female first-borns were overrepresented among world leaders, whereas male first-borns were underrepresented d. middle- and last-borns were as likely to world leaders as first-borns

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A. assimilation and accommodation procedures B. preferential looking procedures and habituation procedures C. social-referencing procedures D. direct and indirect response procedures

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