We have learned about the devastating effects of mercury and PCBs on fetal development through natural experiments in both Japan and Taiwan. In Japan, pregnant women consumed mercury-contaminated ____? in Taiwan, pregnant women consumed PCB contaminated ____
a. fish? rice
b. rice? fish
c. fish? vegetables
d. vegetables? fish
a
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In studies designed to establish causal influences of parenting on child behavior (Cowan & Cowan, 2002; Cowan et al., 2005), parents (not children) received intervention. Children showed benefits from __________.
A. improvements in the marital relationship and parenting practices B. parental adoption of the authoritarian parenting style C. parents being less structured in their relationships with their children D. authoritative parenting, but the benefits were short-lived
Daycare providers who are working with boys and girls should expect to find
A) that boys are more flexible and have better fine-motor skills. B) that the boys tend to have higher activity levels. C) that the girls will use more of the physical space. D) that the girls are more physically aggressive.
According to developmental psychologist William Damon, the second stage of building friendship during middle childhood is __________.
A. basing friendship on intelligence B. basing friendship on others' behavior C. basing friendship on trust D. basing friendship on psychological closeness
Cognitive empathy, the ability to understand other people's perspective, begins taking hold in girls around age _____ and in boys around age _____
A. 13 ; 15 B. 15 ; 13 C. 14 ; 13 D. 14 ; 15