One day you and a friend are talking and your friend states, "Development is the result of the genes that you inherit, and those genes put you on a developmental path that stays the same throughout your life
" What can you tell your friend about the issues of nature versus nurture and continuity versus discontinuity?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer will be similar to the following:
You can tell your friend that both nature and nurture interact with each other to influence development. So, your friend's idea that genes are the only important influence on development is wrong. Almost all aspects of development are shaped by both heredity and environment. Also, the developmental path that one is on is not completely rigid and fixed as your friend thinks. Early behavior does not predict later behavior perfectly so a child who is a brat may actually grow up to be a nice adult.
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a. the parallel processing of information. b. following precise rules of logic. c. using heuristics to solve problems. d. retrieving detailed facts from memory. e. using algorithms to solve problems.
Behavior inconsistent with an attitude that may have the effect of modifying an attitude is known as__________
A) attitude-discrepant behavior B) fundamental attribution error C) dispositional attribution D) maladaptive behavior E) Select