A Research Study of People Aged 13 to 45 Found

question 47

Multiple Choice

A research study of people aged 13 to 45 found that logical skills improved from _____ to _____, then stayed steady, but social understanding continued to advance.

• A) adulthood; late adulthood
• B) adolescence; emerging adulthood
• C) emerging adulthood; middle adulthood
• D) emerging adulthood; late adulthood

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Definitions:

Population Size

The total number of individuals within a species or specific group living in a designated geographical area.

Self-Incompatibility

A mechanism in plants that prevents self-fertilization and encourages cross-pollination by rejecting pollen from the same or genetically similar individuals.

Hermaphroditic

Describes an organism that possesses both male and female reproductive organs, allowing it to perform both roles in reproduction.

Allele Frequency

The proportion of all copies of a particular gene in a population that are of a given allele type, influencing genetic diversity and evolution.