Three of the following statements reflect common sources of diversity in science development. Which statement is false?
a. Children from some cultures think of plants as having minds of some sort.
b. Children's religious backgrounds affect their beliefs about the causes of natural events.
c. Girls tend to like science more than boys like science.
d. Children with visual impairments have less knowledge about everyday scientific phenomena than sighted children do.
Question 2
Eight-year-old Gregory says that the light inside a light bulb is really shiny stuff that's kind of slimy and clings to the wires in the bulb. Gregory's description of light reflects his use of _______, which is quite common in children and adolescents.
a. confirmation bias
b. a substance schema
c. the part-whole principle
d. knowledge transforming