If Adopted Children Differ in Important Ways from Most Other

question 10

Multiple Choice

If adopted children differ in important ways from most other people, it would violate the _____ assumption.

• A)representativeness
• B)equal environments
• C)eugenics
• D)shared family environment

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Definitions:

Fear Conditioning

A behavioral paradigm in which organisms learn to predict aversive events, a form of associative learning where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a fear-inducing event.

Human Infant

A very young child or baby in the earliest stage of life, particularly from birth to one year.

Loud Noise

A disruptive or disturbing sound of high intensity, often causing potential harm to hearing or inducing stress.

Conditioned Stimulus

A neutral stimulus that, upon being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, starts to induce a conditioned response.