Mr. Phiri watches his students while they memorize 20 items that he placed on a table. He notices that students are rehearsing small groups of items' names, not just single items. His class is of
a. older infants in daycare.
b. preschoolers.
c. grade-school children.
d. seventh-graders.
D
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Researchers have examined television programs and videogames that are aimed at children. This research shows that
a. there are actually more girls than boys in the TV advertisements. b. females actually display more leadership than males do in the TV programs aimed at children. c. video games tend to be aimed at boys, and they typically encourage boys to develop computer skills. d. the amount of time that children spend watching television is not significantly correlated with their scores on measures of gender stereotyping.
The case of Arthur (described in your textbook), who suddenly experienced the delusion that he could save all the starving children in the world with a "secret plan," but whose symptoms lasted only a few days, was diagnosed with
A. schizotypal personality disorder. B. folie à deux (shared psychotic disorder). C. brief psychotic disorder. D. cocaine abuse.
Myelination of neural pathways linking the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex:
A. accounts for the decrease in memory abilities of a child. B. accounts for the increase in fine motor skills, balance, and coordination of a child. C. is linked to poor verbal skills in a developing child. D. is linked to a dramatic increase in a child's ability to imagine and be creative.
When neither of two alleles is dominant, the resulting trait reflects the influence of both. This is called
A. codominance. B. recessive inheritance. C. polygenic inheritance. D. dominant inheritance.