The Discontinuous View of Development Holds That __________

question 6

Multiple Choice

The discontinuous view of development holds that __________.

• A) infants and preschoolers respond to the world in much the same way as adults do
• B) growth is the process of gradually augmenting the skills that were present from the beginning
• C) infants and children have unique ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving
• D) development is a smooth process limited only by a lack of information and precision

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Definitions:

Osmosis

The movement of water molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration.

Concentration Gradient

A difference in the concentration of a substance from one point to another, as for example, across a cell membrane.

Plasmolysis

The process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution, resulting in the shrinkage of the cell membrane away from the cell wall.

Hypertonic

A solution that has a higher concentration of solutes compared to another solution, leading to potential osmotic movement of water out of a cell.