Three-Year-Old Robert Is Visiting the Local Zoo with His Preschool

question 51

Multiple Choice

Three-year-old Robert is visiting the local zoo with his preschool class. When his teacher exclaims, "Look at the giraffe!" Robert first looks at the teacher's face and then follows her gaze to the strange creature she is looking at. Robert's behavior in this situation reflects:

• A) semantic bootstrapping
• B) functionalism
• C) pragmatics
• D) intersubjectivity

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Definitions:

Retroviruses

A group of RNA viruses that insert a DNA copy of their genome into the host cell in order to replicate, like HIV.

Reverse Transcriptase

An enzyme used by retroviruses to transcribe their RNA into DNA, which allows viral integration into the host genome.

Host Genome

The complete set of genetic information within an organism that serves as a host for another organism or entity, such as a virus.

Antigenic Drift

A mechanism of variation in viruses that causes small changes in the virus particles over time, leading to new strains that may escape immune recognition.