Jessica believes that development takes place in stages where children change rapidly as they step up to a new level and then change very little for a while. Jessica views development as
A) discontinuous.
B) determined by nature.
C) continuous.
D) determined by nurture.
Answer: A
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A) somatic nervous system. B) skeletal nervous system. C) parasympathetic nervous system. D) sympathetic nervous system.
In a study of adopted children (Tienary et al 1990) the finding that the only children who had a considerable likelihood of becoming schizophrenic were those who had a schizophrenic biological parent and who were also adopted into a troubled home is evidence of
a. the influence of nurture b. random variation in the population c. the influence of nature d. the interaction of nature and nurture