Eighteen-year-old Reba was raised by two lesbian mothers. Her friend Ashley was raised by a heterosexual couple. According to research, how will Reba and Ashley's development compare?
A) There is a higher likelihood that Reba will identify as a having a homosexual orientation.
B) Reba will be more likely than Ashley to perform poorly in school.
C) Reba will be more likely than Ashley to have emotional and behavioral problems.
D) There will be no significant behavioral, social, emotional, cognitive, or sexual differences between the girls.
D) There will be no significant behavioral, social, emotional, cognitive, or sexual differences between the girls. Children raised by homosexual parents are no different from children raised by heterosexual parents in activity preferences, interests, popularity, social skills, occupational goals, sociability, hyperactivity, emotional difficulty, behavior problems, moral maturity, or measures of intelligence.
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How does culture influence motor development during infancy?
a. Cultures provide different opportunities for motor exploration in infancy. b. Cultures differ in how babies move through the sequence of motor accomplishments from rolling over to sitting and standing. c. Cultures differ in the role that genetics plays in guiding individual differences in motor skills. d. Motor development is largely a matter of genetically guided pathways; culture has little impact on motor development.