Lotte Is Listening to a Lecture in Which Her Professor

question 16

Multiple Choice

Lotte is listening to a lecture in which her professor states, "Genetic and cultural factors are important, but they alone cannot explain the development of human beings." Lotte's professor seems to be supporting the

• A) biopsychosocial framework
• B) position that development is continuous
• C) notion of universality
• D) concept of discontinuity

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Definitions:

Species

A fundamental category in biological classification, defined as a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

Pandemic

An outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population.

Spreads

The extension, distribution, or dissemination of something over an area or among individuals, which can refer to diseases, ideas, or substances.

Vaccinated

The state of having received a vaccine, which introduces a small, harmless piece of a virus or bacteria to stimulate the immune system to prepare for future exposure to the disease.