During Middle-Childhood, Children Learn to Master a Variety of Tasks

question 144

Multiple Choice

During middle-childhood, children learn to master a variety of tasks both in and out of school. Erikson refers to this stage of life as

• A) trust versus mistrust.
• B) autonomy versus shame and doubt.
• C) initiative versus guilt.
• D) industry versus inferiority.

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Definitions:

Human Genome Project

An international scientific research project with the goal of determining the sequence of nucleotide base pairs that make up human DNA, and of identifying and mapping all of the genes of the human genome.

Bases

Substances that accept protons from acids and have a pH greater than 7 in solution, according to the Brønsted-Lowry definition.

Evolution

The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

Gene Frequencies

The rate at which a particular gene variant (allele) occurs in a population.