Which Occurrence Is NOT Likely to Be Due to Environmental

question 172

Multiple Choice

Which occurrence is NOT likely to be due to environmental factors?

• A) Females generally reach puberty before their male peers.
• B) In contemporary industrialized nations, adults are several inches taller than their same-sex great-grandparents were.
• C) North American girls today tend to begin menstruating a few years earlier than did their ancestors.
• D) None of the occurrences is due to environmental factors.

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Definitions:

Social Institutions

Established systems or structures within a society that govern the behavior and expectations of individuals, such as family, education, and government.

Raised In Isolation

The condition of being brought up in an environment that is significantly devoid of normal social interaction and exposure to the outside world.

Develop Normally

The process of growing or evolving according to expected patterns or stages of physical, mental, or emotional growth.

Total Institutions

are places of residence and work where large numbers of individuals are cut off from wider society for a considerable period, leading lives enclosed and regulated by the institution.