The common goal of investigators who study child development is to
A) understand how physical growth and nutrition contribute to health and well-being throughout the lifespan.
B) understand more about personality and social development.
C) analyze child-rearing practices and experiences that promote children's well-being.
D) describe and identify those factors that influence the consistencies and changes in young people during the first two decades of life.
D
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In contrast to prototypes, exemplars are ____.?
a. ?abstract b. ?not accurate c. ?real d. ?complex
Which of the following motivated behaviors would be hardest to explain using drive theory?
A. Harry goes to a fast food restaurant because he is hungry after not eating for several hours. B. Luanne fills up her water bottle at the drinking fountain after she becomes thirsty. C. Marian orders a pizza after seeing a commercial for Dominos, even though she has just eaten lunch. D. Oliver eats a steak after feeling hungry and anemic.
In regard to verbal and language skills in childhood, most research finds that
A) most measures of verbal skills show that girls are superior. B) boys speak earlier and have larger vocabularies. C) boys are better at spelling, whereas girls are better at writing. D) there are few male-female differences in these areas.
Sam was helping his mother make homemade pizzas for dinner. His mother took the pizza dough out of the can and rolled it out into two separate pizza crusts. Which of the following responses indicates that Sam has not yet grasped the concept of conservation?
A. "Mom, we have so much more dough now that it is not in the can." B. "Mom, I want to use all of the dough to make one big pizza." C. "Mom, can we make something else with the extra dough?" D. "Mom, don't put mushrooms on the pizza because we do not like them."