According to your textbook, which of the following statements is true? a. Povert

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According to your textbook, which of the following statements is true?

a. Poverty always affects whether individuals are able to reach their full intellectual potential.

b. An individual's intelligence is determined solely by the intelligence levels of his parents.

c. The environment in which an individual is raised is the strongest predictor of her future intellligence.

d. There are many factors working together to influence an individual's intelligence level.

Question 12

According to your textbook, range of reaction refers to _______.

a. the theory that each person responds to the environment in a unique way based on his or her genetic makeup.

b. the theory that the environment is the sole determining factor in intelligence.

c. the theory that genetic factors are the sole determinant of intelligence.

d. the "use it or lose it" theory.

Question 13

Who proposed that language is learned through reinforcement?

a. Noam Chomsky

b. B.F. Skinner

c. Alfred Binet

d. Sapir and Whorf

Question 14

Which researcher criticized the behaviorist approach to language development, asserting that the mechanisms underlying language acquisition are biologically determined?

a. Noam Chomsky

b. B.F. Skinner

c. Alfred Binet

d. David Weschler

Question 15

The idea that language may influence the way people think is called ____.

a. Cognitive priming

b. Linguistic determinism

c. Language specificity

d. Semantics

a. Poverty always affects whether individuals are able to reach their full intellectual potential.

b. An individual's intelligence is determined solely by the intelligence levels of his parents.

c. The environment in which an individual is raised is the strongest predictor of her future intellligence.

d. There are many factors working together to influence an individual's intelligence level.

Explanation / Answer

1. d. There are many factors working together to influence an individual's intelligence level.

2. the theory that each person responds to the environment in a unique way based on his or her genetic makeup.

3. Noam chomskey

4. Noam chomskey

5. Language determinism

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