Which of the following behaviors on the part of mother rats lead to an increased resistance to stress later in life in the pups?
a. Increased licking and grooming of the pups by the mothers
b. More access to nursing time for the pups.
c. Nudging the rat pups to play with their siblings.
d. Providing more solid food at an earlier age.
a
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Gail and Janelle are talking about the differences between their children. Janelle's youngest, who is one year old, has not yet crawled. Gail says that Janelle should be worried. Should Janelle be worried about her son's motor development?
A. yes-normal children crawl by 10 months according to norms of development B. no-norms for development refer to an average age and not absolute age C. no-motor development at this age is controlled by experience, and so Janelle should just spend more time playing with her son D. yes-10 months is late for crawling
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This image illustrates a(n)
A. partial seizure. B. tonic-clonic seizure. C. absence seizure. D. migraine headache.
Variations in air pressure that can be heard
a. constitute sounds. b. resemble the objects that produced them. c. are a form of chemical energy. d. can also be seen. e. interfere with the perception of sound.
Fourteen-year-old Michael Carneal shot eight of his classmates in Paducah, Kentucky, shortly after watching the movie Basketball Diaries, in which Leonardo DiCaprio committed a similar act of violence. This is an example of
A) catharsis aggression theory. B) the social learning of violence. C) excitation transfer theory. D) the frustration-aggression hypothesis.