alleryGenes shaping height, weight and brain growth show which kind of process?
ACognitive
BSocio-emotional
CBiological
DEnvironmental
Answer & Solution
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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