The Fact That Children with Genes for Average Intelligence Can

question 106

Multiple Choice

The fact that children with genes for average intelligence can actually develop either below-average, average, or above-average intelligence depending on their experiences best illustrates which of the following themes of development?

• A) Early development is related to later development, but not perfectly.
• B) Development is always jointly influenced by heredity and environment.
• C) Children help determine their own environment.
• D) Development in different domains is connected.

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Definitions:

Classically Conditioned

The process by which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit similar responses.

Aversive Stimulus

Aversive Stimulus is an unpleasant or painful stimulus used to induce changes in behavior through aversion therapy.

Operant Response

A behavior that is modified by its consequences, through reinforcements or punishments, in operant conditioning.

Aversive Stimuli

An unpleasant or harmful object, event, or situation that is avoided or intended to be avoided by an organism or individual.