Who believed that children develop language by creating mental representations?
A) Myrtle McGraw
B) Jean Piaget
C) B.F. Skinner
D) Lev Vygotsky
B
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In middle childhood, the brain's gray matter __________, a change that is associated with better performance on verbal fluency and executive function tasks.
A. thickens B. thins down C. disappears D. changes to white matter
In what way do parents and adolescent children differ in their views about leaving home?
a. Adolescent children expect to return home and live with parents after college, but parents do not have this pattern in mind. b. Children say they are ready to live on their own at an earlier age than parents expect. c. Parents expect their children to leave home at a younger age than the children have in mind. d. Parents do not believe that children should leave home except to go to college or marry.
Dr. Brown designs an experiment to test the effects of a new memory drug. Half the participants will receive a placebo and half will receive the actual drug, but neither the participants nor the researchers administering the drug will be informed which is the placebo. Dr. Brown has designed:
a. an unethical experiment b. a double-blind research study c. a single-blind research study d. a study that will maximize participant expectancy effects
The key tasks of a memory system are to
a. encode, store, and retrieve. b. perceive, chunk, and recall. c. sense, understand, and rehearse. d. process, rearrange, and simplify. e. be exposed to, combine, and consider.