Dr. Kostel believes that development takes place in stages. This belief is consistent with the __________ perspective

A) nurture
B) continuous
C) discontinuous
D) nature


Answer: C

Psychology

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a. p < .05 b. p < .01 c. p < .005 d. The result is not significant.

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Which of the following seems to be a myth—an idea that is perpetrated by popular culture but NOT supported by research?

a. Rates of violence can be affected by diet (what you eat). b. Drinking alcohol is associated with increased aggression. c. Men engage in domestic violence more frequently than women. d. Violence in the media contributes to aggression in children.

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Studies to find genetic markers for eating disorders in general have produced

a. consistent results. b. inconsistent results. c. locating a drive for thinness on chromosome 5. d. locating an obesity gene on chromosome 12.

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Research has shown that watching someone in physical pain activates:

A) brain regions associated with our own emotional experience of physical pain. B) language association areas used to describe abstract concepts such as suffering. C) hindbrain areas that were the earliest brain regions to evolve. D) brain regions associated with moral reasoning.

Psychology