Despite Differences Arising from Environmental Variation, All Foraging Economies Have

question 44

Multiple Choice

Despite differences arising from environmental variation, all foraging economies have shared one essential feature, their

• A) emphasis on devising new forms of organic pesticides.
• B) reliance on welfare supplied by state-level societies.
• C) willingness to test out new food-producing technologies to see if they are any better than what they are used to.
• D) interest in developing irrigation technologies to control sources of water.
• E) reliance on available natural resources for their subsistence, rather than controlling the reproduction of plants and animals.

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Definitions:

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be observed (seen, heard, touched, smelled, or sensed in any way).

Habituation

The process by which an organism becomes accustomed to a repetitive stimulus, leading to a decrease in response over time.

Primary Circular Reactions

Repetitive actions or behaviors in infants focused on their own body, observed as a foundational stage in the development of cognitive skills.

Mirror Neurons

A type of brain cell that responds equally when an individual performs an action or when they observe another individual performing the same action.