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Title: The following statement is a definition of which of the following: Individuals with traits that fit ...
Post by: antionett15 on Mar 17, 2018
The following statement is a definition of which of the following: Individuals with traits that fit well with the local environment are more likely to survive or have more offspring than individuals whose traits do not fit as well with the local environment?
 
  a. superfecundity c. variation
  b. natural selection d. plasticity

Question 2

A mother teaching her daughter how to put together a puzzle by making suggestions and asking leading questions is an example of
 
  a. a collaborative dialogue. c. guided participation.
  b. a narrative. d. a cohort effect.

Question 3

Which of the following theorists' ideas is described by the following statement Development is the result of a progressive and continuous interaction between an active and changing child and the active and changing environments in which that child is embedded?
 
  a. Darwin c. Piaget
  b. Erikson d. Brofenbrenner

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a cohort effect?
 
  a. Hurricane Katrina c. the invention of DVDs
  b. a war-torn country d. the financial crisis of 2008

Question 5

In Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, which of the following represents the time dimension, or the fact that the other four levels of ecology change over time?
 
  a. the mesosystem c. the exosystem
  b. the chronosystem d. the macrosystem

Question 6

The macrosystem In Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory includes
 
  a. all of the social systems that a child is not part of but is influenced by.
  b. all the possible microsystems in action.
  c. all the laws, values, attitudes, etc. of the society in which a child lives.
  d. all the social systems in which a child is an active participant.

Question 7

Which of the following is more representative of American culture than Japanese culture?
 
  a. cooperation among family members and peers
  b. stress on academic excellence very early in school
  c. moving up in one's profession by changing jobs
  d. remaining loyal to a single company during one's career


Title: The following statement is a definition of which of the following: Individuals with traits that fit ...
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