- Development is influenced by both "nature,"or heredity, and "nurture," or the environment. Although each individual inherits a specific pattern of genes from his or her parents, the expression of those genes is influenced by the environment in which the individual grows. Specific environmental factors can influence the expression of genes. Researchers understand that both play a role in influencing the changes throughout life. Which element, nature or nurture, do behaviorist such as John Watson believe most influence development?
- Question 41 (1 point) Callum has sustained damage to his striatum due to a car accident What part of his memory is likely to be affected as a result? explicit implicit semantic episodic Question 42 (1 point) As you flip through the phone book, you see many names and numbers but don't remember any. Which of the following might explain this? most of the items you saw were only held in iconic memory.which is very short you need to rehearse the items to retain them in short-term memory although you held it in working memory, you never stored it in long-term memory you did not need the information so you took it out of long-term memory
- To find how high school students feel about hot lunches, Adam walks to the nearest high school and gives a survey postcard to every twentieth student that enters the building. He asks the students to mail the postcard in if they choose to participate in the study. Why might the method used be biased? Asking every twentieth student does not accurately represent the student population. It is likely that student opinions in one particular high school do not accurately represent the opinions of all high school students. D Students that take the time to complete the survey and mail it in probably feel strongly about hot lunches.
- Daily Claim: Is the experience of being an outsider in your family universal?
- Before beginning a study on the health effects of obesity, a group of researchers agree that, for the purposes of their research, anyone with a Body Mass Index greater than 30 will be considered obese. This is an example of: convenience sampling a confounding variable an appeal to common sense an operational definition
