A Four- or Five-Year-Old Child Who Understands That People's Behavior

question 6

Multiple Choice

A four- or five-year-old child who understands that people's behavior is a reflection of their beliefs about the world

• A) is intellectually advanced and a candidate for a gifted and talented class.
• B) has begun to develop a theory of mind.
• C) understands what it means to mind one's manners.
• D) is capable of abstract thinking.

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Definitions:

Directional Selection

A form of natural selection where one extreme phenotype is favored over others, causing the allele frequency to shift in one direction.

Extreme Phenotype

The manifestation of traits at the extreme endpoints of a genetic expression spectrum.

Inbreeding

The breeding of closely related individuals, which increases the risk of offspring inheriting genetic defects.

Nonrandom Mating

A mating pattern in which individuals choose partners based on particular traits, leading to non-random distribution of alleles in the population.