Concerning language development, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The first seven years of life are a sensitive period in language development.
b. Environmental forces influence whether a person develops simple or sophisticated language.
c. A biological predisposition determines if we will speak English or Vietnamese, Spanish, or Russian.
d. As a child's speaking improves, parents tend to adjust their speech to the child's language ability.
C
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a. Going to the circus b. Swinging on a swing c. Eating candy d. Riding a bike
Luke is a developmentally normal kindergartener. Who is is peer?
a. A kindergartener with Down syndrome with whom he share no interests b. A fifth-grader with Asperger's with whom Luke loves to play Star Wars c. A third-grader who is intellectually advanced and prefers to interact with teens d. A teenaged babysitter that Luke loves to play board games with
__________ rehearsal is the process of repeating information, either out loud or silently, with the intent of learning that information
a. Automatic b. Working c. Rote d. Verbalized
In a classic study by Festinger & Carlsmith, students completed boring tasks and were paid differing amounts to rate the task as fun. The important conflict from this study was between
A. how much they were paid vs how much the task was really worth. B. how much they were paid vs how difficult the task was. C. how fun they rated the task vs how fun they thought the task was. D. how fun they rated the task vs how fun others rated the task as.