Which of the following is NOT a noted environmental cause of intellectual disability?
A. maternal alcohol
B. birth complications
C. mild malnutrition
D. childhood infections
Answer: C
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Which of the following is an accurate statement about "stage" theories of development?
a. In Freudian theory, sexual arousal and interest occur during the latency stage. b. In Erikson's theory, development occurs across the lifespan c. In Freudian theory, intrapsychic conflicts are resolved in early childhood. d. In Fromm's theory, culture and society influence personality.
Although the human senses are very sensitive, ________
a. they do not allow us to easily detect differences in intensity. b. they respond only to a narrow band of physical energy. c. they are very slow to respond to changes in a stimulus. d. their just noticeable difference (jnd) is low.
During a referential communication task with his preschool teacher, Jonathan was asked to describe a piece of fabric that was hidden from the teacher's view. To do so, Jonathan told his teacher that the fabric looked just like the comforter on his parents' bed. This example demonstrates that young children often
a. rely on irrelevant descriptions. b. rely on personal descriptions. c. consider the perspective of the other person. d. fail to accurately describe objects.
Older adults __________ than do younger people
A) resolve tip-of-the-tongues at a higher rate B) show a lower frequency of tip-of-the-tongue states C) speak with fewer sentence fragments and hesitations D) use more complex grammatical structures