When a young boy in preschool received a puppy for his birthday, his teacher asked him if the puppy was a boy or a girl; he looked at me in a confused way and said, "Dogs are boys and cats are girls." He was in the process of building his schemas of boy-things and girl-things. This is illustrative of which of the following concepts.
a) Assimilation
b) Accommodation
c) Wisdom
d) Self-determinism
Answer: a
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A. influences from both mothers and fathers B. increases in genetic influences only C. increases in environmental influences only D. joint influences of genes and environment that increase over time
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a. common fate b. proximity c. similarity d. closure
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b. the parasympathetic nervous system. c. the sympathetic nervous system. d. both the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems.
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A. addicting. B. a gateway substance. C. toxic. D. a correlate.