Some Kids Are Reared in Homes with Stairs, While Others

question 86

Multiple Choice

Some kids are reared in homes with stairs, while others are reared in ground-floor homes with no stairs; yet, by school age, all climb stairs with equal average skill. This outcome ____ the maturational viewpoint.

• A)supports
• B)is neutral toward
• C)contradicts
• D)is irrelevant to

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