Which of the following statements would be considered an example of cultural continuity?
A. Young children learn skills related to food preparation and remain involved in food preparation as adults.
B. Children are permitted to express emotions up to age 10; after age 10, they have to hide their feelings.
C. Only children who have gone through a rite of passage can enter a certain holy place.
D. Mothers and daughters dress in different colors at a funeral to depict social status.
Answer: A
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a. The mother ingested alcohol sometime during the pregnancy. b. Alcohol can be passed from the mother to the developing child. c. That the placenta was unable to keep the alcohol from being passed to the child. d. The child will suffer from intellectual disability later in life.
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a. disturbed learning processes. b. failures of society. c. distorted thinking. d. the failure of certain cultures to promote self-actualization. e. social influences on underlying biological factors.
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a. ?somatosensory cortex b. ?orbitofrontal cortex c. ?thalamus d. ?medulla