When Researchers Study Whether Development Is Due to an Inborn

question 136

Multiple Choice

When researchers study whether development is due to an inborn blueprint or the environment, they are attempting to answer a research question concerning:

• A) stage development versus continuous development.
• B) stability versus change.
• C) continuous versus discontinuous.
• D) nature versus nurture.

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Definitions:

Proxemics

The study of human use of space and the effects that population density has on behavior, communication, and social interaction.

Gesture-Call System

A form of nonverbal communication involving bodily motions and vocal sounds used to convey messages, commonly observed in animals and early human development.

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

A theory in linguistics that suggests that the structure of a language influences its speakers' worldview or cognition, and thus people's perceptions are relative to their spoken language.