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Genes shaping height, weight and brain growth show which kind of process?Read the answer and worked solution →Thought, perception, attention and problem solving are which kind of process?Read the answer and worked solution →Changes in emotions, personality and relations with others are which processes?Read the answer and worked solution →Biological, cognitive and socio-emotional processes in development are:Read the answer and worked solution →In the life-span perspective, development takes place:Read the answer and worked solution →Adults gain wisdom but lose running speed. This shows development is:Read the answer and worked solution →Plasticity in the life-span view means skills can be:Read the answer and worked solution →Youth in the freedom struggle and youth today differ because development is shaped by:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Genes shaping height, weight and brain growth show which kind of process?

  1. Cognitive
  2. Socio-emotional
  3. Biological
  4. Environmental
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Correct answer: C. Biological

1. Development is influenced by an interplay of biological, cognitive and socio-emotional processes. 2. Development due to inherited genes, such as in height, weight and the growth of the brain, heart and lungs, shows biological processes. 3. Cognitive concerns thinking, and socio-emotional concerns relations and feelings. _Source: NCERT Class XI Psychology, Ch 3 Human Development, "MEANING OF DEVELOPMENT", p. 40_

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Thought, perception, attention and problem solving are which kind of process?

  1. Biological
  2. Cognitive
  3. Socio-emotional
  4. Environmental
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Correct answer: B. Cognitive

1. Cognitive processes are mental activities of knowing and experiencing. 2. Thought, perception, attention and problem solving are examples. 3. Biological processes concern genes and body growth; socio-emotional processes concern emotions and relations. _Source: NCERT Class XI Psychology, Ch 3 Human Development, "MEANING OF DEVELOPMENT", p. 40_

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Changes in emotions, personality and relations with others are which processes?

  1. Biological
  2. Cognitive
  3. Socio-emotional
  4. Environmental
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Correct answer: C. Socio-emotional

1. Socio-emotional processes refer to changes in a person's interactions with others, in emotions and in personality. 2. A child's hug to her mother or an adolescent's sorrow at losing a match are examples. 3. Biological and cognitive processes concern the body and the mind. _Source: NCERT Class XI Psychology, Ch 3 Human Development, "MEANING OF DEVELOPMENT", p. 40_

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