Your friend just found out she is expecting her first child. You are excited to get her a gift for the new baby. You see a bunch of Baby Einstein videos at the store
Given when you know about word learning, should you buy the videos for your friend?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer will be similar to the following:
Most of the current evidence suggests that before 18 months of age, infant-oriented videos like Baby Einstein are not effective in promoting infants' word learning. The research of DeLoache and colleagues (2010) found that infants learned the most words when parents taught infants directly. Regularly daily exposure to words through the video produced no greater word learning than through incidental, casual exposure to words. Based on their research, the video was ineffective in promoting word learning. Infants under 2 years of age have limited understanding of relations between real objects and their depictions in photographs and videos. They have a difficult time relating what they see to what they experienced in their own lives. So, don't buy the videos explicitly to help with word learning.
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a. Gordon Allport and Floyd Allport b. Gordon Allport and Kurt Lewin c. Kurt Lewin and Leon Festinger d. Leon Festinger and Gordon Allport
Neuronal communication is a two-step process. In the second step, which takes place between two neurons, what does the arrival of an action potential at the axon terminal of the first neuron signal?
a. The synthesis of neurotransmitters by specialized enzymes b. The uptake of neurotransmitters from the extracellular space c. The enzymatic breakdown of residual neurotransmitters d. The release of neurotransmitters into the extracellular fluid
This is a falsifiable hypothesis: "Children have always eaten more ice cream than adults."
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The findings from naturalistic observations allow us to
a. describe behavior. b. predict behavior. c. explain behavior. d. establish clear cause-and-effect relationships.