In Considering the Big Issue of Whether Nature or Nurture

question 89

Multiple Choice

In considering the big issue of whether nature or nurture plays the more important role in infant development, Elizabeth Spelke endorses a ________ approach, which states that infants are born with domain-specific innate knowledge systems.

• A) core knowledge
• B) domain knowledge
• C) learned domain
• D) nurture

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Definitions:

Aldaric Acid

A type of sugar acid resulting from the oxidation of both the aldehyde and primary alcohol groups of an aldose.

Optically Active

A property of compounds that have the ability to rotate plane-polarized light, indicating the presence of chiral molecules.

Nitric Acid

is a strong mineral acid with the formula HNO3, widely used in the manufacture of fertilizers and explosives, as well as in chemical synthesis.

D-Ribose

A naturally occurring five-carbon sugar that is a key component of RNA.