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What does ethnocentrism refer to?
What does ethnocentrism refer to?
- Belief in the superiority of one's own culture (correct)
- Shared language, knowledge, and behavior
- Appreciation of cultural differences
- Predicted number of years a person born into a particular time
Which generation was born between 1965-1980?
Which generation was born between 1965-1980?
- Silent Generation
- Baby Boomers
- Millennials
- Generation X (correct)
What does biological age measure?
What does biological age measure?
- Length of time a species can exist under optimal conditions
- Number of years since your birth
- How quickly your body is changing (correct)
- Predicted number of years a person born into a particular time
What is cultural relativity about?
What is cultural relativity about?
What does developmental psychology study?
What does developmental psychology study?
What is the focus of developmental psychology?
What is the focus of developmental psychology?
What does the term 'plasticity' refer to in developmental psychology?
What does the term 'plasticity' refer to in developmental psychology?
What does the term 'ethnocentrism' describe?
What does the term 'ethnocentrism' describe?
What does 'socioeconomic status' take into account?
What does 'socioeconomic status' take into account?
How is 'biological age' defined?
How is 'biological age' defined?
Who proposed that the mind of the newborn is a tabula rasa ('blank slate')?
Who proposed that the mind of the newborn is a tabula rasa ('blank slate')?
Which developmental theorist proposed that development occurs according to innate processes?
Which developmental theorist proposed that development occurs according to innate processes?
What does a theory in the scientific approach propose?
What does a theory in the scientific approach propose?
What does the nature/nurture debate in developmental psychology focus on?
What does the nature/nurture debate in developmental psychology focus on?
'Whether or not development is best viewed as occurring in stages or as a gradual and cumulative process of change' relates to which area of disagreement among developmental theorists?
'Whether or not development is best viewed as occurring in stages or as a gradual and cumulative process of change' relates to which area of disagreement among developmental theorists?
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