The United States Today Is a _______________ Stew of Many

question 32

Multiple Choice

The United States today is a _______________ stew of many different cultural traditions and customs.

• A) homogenous
• B) homoplastic
• C) homologous
• D) heterogeneous

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Definitions:

Conservation

In psychology, the ability to understand that certain properties of objects, like volume or mass, remain unchanged even when their forms or appearances change, typically associated with Piaget's stages of cognitive development.

Object Permanence

A cognitive development concept that an infant learns, recognizing that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched.

Accommodation

A cognitive process outlined in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, referring to how we alter our existing frameworks or ideas to incorporate new information.

Assimilation

The process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group, often leading to the diminution of the original culture.