Gains in Cognitive Inhibition Predict __________ Particularly Strongly, Perhaps Because

question 49

Multiple Choice

Gains in cognitive inhibition predict __________ particularly strongly, perhaps because children must suppress __________ responses.

• A) false-belief understanding; irrelevant
• B) high self-esteem; immature
• C) theory of mind; false-belief
• D) self-awareness; egocentric

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Definitions:

Physical Attractiveness

The degree to which a person's physical traits are considered aesthetically pleasing or beautiful.

Parental Investment Theory

The idea that a species’ mating patterns depend on what each sex has to invest—in the way of time, energy, and survival risk—to produce and nurture offspring.

Evolutionary Explanations

Theories or hypotheses that use the principles of evolution to explain the development of physical traits, behaviors, or phenomena over time.

Empirically Supported

Validated through observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.