Countries that are beginning to industrialize normally have a higher population compared to those countries that are already industrialized. This is because of the fact that developing countries or those that are still beginning to industrialize has just started to experience better food and health services.
D. Make small rulings that pertain to specific cases
Megan's profane language increases in frequency when it leads to her friend's approving laughter but decreases in frequency when it leads to her parent's criticism. This best illustrates: <u>b. the law of effect</u>.
<u>Explanation</u>:
Profane language is a kind of offensive language which gets bleeped on TV. This kind of language shows lack of respect and portrays the behavior of the person to be bad.
According to <em><u>law of effect</u></em>, the responses determine the occurrence of the situation. The responses with higher effect for the situation may occur again, but if the response produces discomfort effect the chance of occurrence of the situation again will be less.
Megan’s profane language increases in front of his friends and decreases before his parents.
Pinker is essentially arguing that all humans are influenced by both nature and nurture. We are born with some aspects and we learn others through socialization.
I agree with the theory. I think that influences by both nature (DNA, genes) and nurture ( learning through socialization), gives people a little bit of both. I find it too hard to believe that as soon as a child is born, nature takes all the control. Socialization also provides a variety of stimulus to encourage/discourage behavior, beliefs, and values.
