"No One Can Predict the Issues That Science and Society

question 7

Multiple Choice

"No one can predict the issues that science and society will consider most pressing in the decades to come. But if we look at some high priority issues of today-world hunger, biomedical ethics, sustainable resources, homeland security, and child development and learning - and pressing research questions, such as the evolution of virulence in patho?gens and the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystems functions, we can predict that those of the future will be so complex as to require the insights from multiple disci?plines" (National Academies (2005, p. 26) . The point that the National Academies is making is that:

• A) No one can predict the future.
• B) The complex reality beyond the university makes an interdisciplinary approach necessary.
• C) Only scientific problems requires an interdisciplinary approach.

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Definitions:

Early Scripts

Cognitive structures that represent sequences of events in familiar contexts, aiding understanding and memory of everyday activities.

Cultural-Context Perspective

A viewpoint that emphasizes understanding individuals and their behavior through the lens of their cultural background and social environment.

Domain-Specific Theories

These are theories focused on understanding behavior, cognition, and development within specific domains of knowledge.

Innate Capabilities

Natural abilities or instincts that individuals are born with, which are not acquired through learning or experience.