A Doctor Could Best Illustrate the Proximodistal Principle by Discussing

question 115

Multiple Choice

A doctor could best illustrate the proximodistal principle by discussing the fact that

• A)male foetuses develop faster than female foetuses.
• B)identical twins tend to be smaller than fraternal twins.
• C)the outside portion of the amniotic sac is thicker than the inside portion.
• D)a baby can control its shoulder before it can control its fingers.

Recognize the cultural predisposition towards interpreting social behaviors and norms.

Understand the concepts of dispositional and situational attributions and how they apply to behavior analysis.

Identify and explain the fundamental attribution error and its impact on perception of behavior.

Distinguish between attribution theory and other psychological concepts such as cognitive dissonance and attitudes.

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Definitions:

Budget Line

A graphical representation of all possible combinations of two goods or services that can be purchased with a given income and prices, identical to the concept of a budget constraint but rephrased.

Duality

Alternative way of looking at the consumer’s utility maximization decision: Rather than choosing the highest indifference curve, given a budget constraint, the consumer chooses the lowest budget line that touches a given indifference curve.

Marginal Utilities

Refers to the additional satisfaction or utility that a consumer receives from consuming one more unit of a good or service.

Lagrangian Multiplier

A method employed in constrained optimization issues to identify the function's maximum or minimum while adhering to certain restrictions.