Describe the importance of nurture to language development
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may vary. Exposure to language (amount, quality of language, level of syntax, length of conversational exchanges) prior to entering school greatly influences vocabulary development.
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Mungo occasionally taps his pencil on his desk when working out the answers to division problems. Although
this behavior does not interfere with his work or his peers, his teacher, Ms. Apple, wants to intervene on this behavior because it bothers her. Unfortunately, this behavior fails to pass the: a. stranger test b. dead man's test c. operational definition test d. so what test
Wallace says, “This work is too hard!” Which of the following causal conditions is MOST likely to be at play in the situation?
a) a learning disability. b) an unmet need for competence. c) tedium. d) meaninglessness.
A science teacher fails to teach his students proper safety guidelines for an upcoming lab, and a student spills chemicals on her skin that causes a third-degree burn. This is an example of
a. misfeasance. b. malfeasance. c. liability. d. nonfeasance.
When you complete an objective exam and still have five unanswered items that you can't figure out (even after using a number of strategies), your final decision should be to
a. ask the professor if he or she will provide any clues. b. leave them blank so that you don't put down a "stupid" answer. c. review the rest of the exam, looking for the answers until time runs out. d. use strategic guessing.