Developmental Psychologists Have Settled on Which Description of Children's Understanding

question 46

Multiple Choice

Developmental psychologists have settled on which description of children's understanding of living things?

• A) Children have only a shallow understanding of living things until they are 7 to 10 years old.
• B) Children understand the essential characteristics of living things by the age of 5.
• C) Young children simultaneously possess both mature and immature biological understanding.
• D) Children are fascinated by living things, especially animals.

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Definitions:

Obsession

Obsession refers to persistent and intrusive thoughts, images, or urges that cause significant anxiety or distress.

Compulsion

A persistent, irresistible, and irrational urge to perform an act or ritual repeatedly.

Classical Conditioning

A training method where two stimuli are consistently presented together, leading to a response initially triggered by the second stimulus eventually being triggered by just the first stimulus.

Bureaucracies

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