Rubella has a disastrous impact if it is contracted during the first trimester of a pregnancy, yet has hardly any impact if contracted at the end of a pregnancy. This is an example of
A. a critical period.
B. fetal immune system maturation.
C. imprinting.
D. maturational timing.
Answer: A
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. ?About 5 percent of the scores are more than two standard deviations from the mean. b. ?The mean score is always 0. c. ?Most scores are located in the two “tails” at either end of the distribution. d. ?The standard deviation indicates the arithmetic average score.
The advent of _____ in the 1950s had an enormous conceptual impact on the development of cognitive psychology.
A) statistical programming B) television C) conditioning chambers D) computers