The field of human development is considered to be an applied discipline because
A) it is motivated largely by scientific curiosity.
B) findings are used for practical purposes to improve people's lives.
C) it deals with answering questions about development throughout the lifespan.
D) investigators from a variety of fields collaborate on research projects.
B
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A. improve not only Wes’s quality of life, but also reduce his physical symptoms B. improve Wes’s physical symptoms, but do little for the quality of his life C. improve Wes’s quality of life, but do little for his physical symptoms D. do little for either Wes’s quality of life or his physical symptoms
The wug test, which uses nonsense words, is an excellent way to test whether a child has acquired a particular inflectional rule (such as the past tense or plural rule) because __________.
A. the accurate use of a word such as "horses" or "walked" in the child's speech does not necessarily mean the child knows the rule for plural or past tense B. children must apply their knowledge of a rule to a nonsense word (such as turning wug into wugs to indicate use of the plural rule) C. working with nonsense words is more motivating to children than working with real words D. children are generally better at applying rules to nonsense words than to real words
When an infant and mother see each other’s faces, identical brain regions within the orbitofrontal context become active. This observation suggests that . . .
a. The attachment system co-evolved in mothers and their infants b. A mother obtains positive and rewarding feelings for her infants that motivate her continued care over the long period of her child’s dependency on her c. Both of the above d. Neither of the above
Which case ruled that a White defendant can complain about the exclusion of Blacks from the jury?
A. Batson v. Kentucky (1986) B. United States v. Dellinger (1972) C. Holland v. Illinois (1992) D. Georgia v. McCollum (1992)