Which of the Following Is True About Charles Darwin's Contribution

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about Charles Darwin's contribution to developmental theories?

• A) He proved that the development of the human child followed the same general plan as the evolution of the human species.
• B) Scientific child study was born out of his first attempts to document an idea about development.
• C) He launched the normative approach, in which measures of behavior are taken on large numbers of individuals and age-related averages are computed to represent typical development.
• D) He proved that human development is a genetically determined process that unfolds automatically, much like a flower.

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Definitions:

Market Adjustment

The process by which market forces of supply and demand determine prices and quantity of goods and services, leading to an equilibrium state.

Price-taker Market

A market situation where individual sellers or buyers have no control over the price of a product, typically seen in perfectly competitive markets.

Long-run Equilibrium

This is a condition where all factors of production and outputs in an economy or market are optimized and can vary to reach a state of general equilibrium.

Price-taker Industry

An industry in which individual firms have no control over the price of their product and must accept the market price set by the forces of supply and demand.