The ____________________ approach to cognitive development focuses on how children manipulate or process information coming in from the environment or already stored in the mind
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
information processing
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The results of research on facial expressions mostly support a(n) _____ position on emotional expressions.
A) cognitive B) absolutist C) relativistic D) epigenetic
Random assignment of participants to conditions has the advantage over other methods of assignment in that:
a. it places equal numbers of participants in each group. b. it ensures that each condition precedes and follows every other condition equally often. c. it controls for known confounding variables. d. it controls for both known and unknown confounding variables.
Wealthier parents have children who weigh more and are taller because ____
a. they can pay maids to feed their children b. they have access to more nutritional foods c. they allow their children to eat at fast-food restaurants d. wealthier parents are generally genetically much taller
In an experiment, Curtis and Miller (1986) assigned participants at random to have a conversation. One member of each pair was told that the other person liked him or her
Participants provided this information actually behaved in more likable ways, and their partners, too, behaved in pleasant ways. Based on the information presented in the text, which of the following could explain their behavior and reciprocal liking? a. similarity b. the self-fulfilling prophecy c. reciprocity of exchange d. complementarity