Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?

What will be an ideal response?


This question asked you to apply the definitions of reductionist reasoning to a specific example. If
you got the correct answer, great job! If you got an incorrect answer, where did the process break down?
Did you forget the definitions of deductive and inductive reasoning? Did you not realize the that taking
something apart to figure out how it works is reductionism?

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The developmental fate of each cell is determined by chemical interactions among cells in a process called ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A) a tenth as much B) half as much C) twice as much D) ten times as much

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What will be an ideal response?

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