Nine-Month-Old Will Was Playing on the Floor of His Pediatrician's

question 12

Multiple Choice

Nine-month-old Will was playing on the floor of his pediatrician's waiting room. His father was sitting behind him reading the paper. A child about 9 years old hopped into the chair next to Will's dad. Will's dad laughed and began teasing the older child about riding a horse indoors. What behaviors would Will most likely engage in at this time?

• A) Ignore the whole situation.
• B) Look at his dad, see his response, and then cry.
• C) Look at his dad, see his response, and then smile or go back to playing.
• D) Look at his dad and crawl away from the older child.

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Definitions:

Demographic Range

The distribution or spread of population characteristics such as age, income, or ethnicity within a specified geographic area.

Geographic Range

Geographic range refers to the spatial area over which a species is known to occur, encompassing its natural habitat and distribution limits.

Population

A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time, capable of interbreeding.

Horizontal Gene Transfer

The (nonsexual) lateral transfer of genetic material from one genome to another within a species or from one species to another species at any taxonomic level, including from a species in one domain to a species in another domain. Compare with vertical gene transfer.