You are trying to determine which of two terms is related to identical twins.You see "monozygotic" and "dizygotic." You remember that a zygote is formed from one egg and one sperm and that "mono" means one and "di" means two.Identical twins would have to result from the same egg and the same sperm, thus one zygote.Using old information to derive the meaning of "monozygotic" and "dizygotic" illustrates the use of
A) selective comparison.
B) selective attention.
C) selective combination.
D) selective encoding.

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Selective comparison is the process of using previous knowledge or information to determine the meaning of new concepts or terms. In this case, the knowledge of zygotes and the prefixes "mono" and "di" has been used to understand the meaning of "monozygotic" and "dizygotic" and identify which term relates to identical twins. Selective attention, combination, and encoding do not accurately describe this process.

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