Firstborn, Laterborn, and Only Children

What will be an ideal response?


Firstborns are more adult- and achievement-oriented;

laterborns are more sociable and more innovative; onlies have more academic success, higher levels of intelligence, leadership, autonomy, and maturity

Adopted children are similar to non-adopted in terms of temperament, attachment, and cognitive development

Problems are more likely to occur if the child was older when adopted and his/her pre-adoption care was poor

Psychology

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What is meant by "preparedness" in learning? a. Some associations are easier to learn than others are

b. Some individuals learn faster or more easily than others do. c. Stimulant drugs increase alertness and therefore improve learning. d. Learning is faster if it combines both classical and operant conditioning.

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The prefrontal cortex includes areas of the brain that are __________.

A. not developed enough to be functional until middle childhood B. involved in vision C. in the brain stem D. the most evolutionarily recent

Psychology

What difficulty did monists face in finding support for their views regarding the mind and brain?

A. explaining how a physical brain could result in mental processes B. explaining how the mind could exist C. explaining how the brain could exist D. explaining how a nonphysical mind could impact a physical body

Psychology

According to terror management theory, _____ is a shield that buffers us against the anxiety that knowledge of our own mortality creates.

A) the mortality salience hypothesis B) approach motivation C) avoidance motivation D) a cultural worldview

Psychology