Which of the Following Statements Is Most Likely to Be

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is most likely to be made by a nurture proponent?

• A)No amount of teaching can make one write before one learns to speak.
• B)One grows rapidly in infancy and less so in early childhood.
• C)Individuals reach the peak of their physical strength in late adolescence.
• D)A child's diet affects how tall the child grows.

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Definitions:

Perceivable Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention, used in conditioning experiments to create an association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Cognitive Processes

The mental actions involved in acquiring, processing, and storing knowledge, including perception, memory, and reasoning.

Predictability

The degree to which a future event or outcome can be forecasted based on current knowledge or past experiences.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an inherently meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response.