Studies by Kagan, Thomas, and Chess indicate that newborn infants differ in sensitivity, irritability, distractibility, typical mood, and other aspects of
a. intelligence.
b. physical development.
c. temperament.
d. aggressiveness.
C
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a. Ethology b. Ecology c. Natural selection d. Imprinting
Which statement describes a factor involved in hemispheric dominance?
A. Newborns have slightly better hearing from their left ear. B. Newborns are better able to control the left side of their bodies. C. Most fetuses face toward the right when in utero. D. Generally infants prefer to use their right hands.
What is the relationship between receptive and productive language in early childhood?
What will be an ideal response?
A woman has volunteered for an investigation of mental strategies. The experimenter asks her to express verbally what she is thinking as she works through some problems. The researcher is probably
a. introspecting. b. using the experience-sampling method. c. collecting think-aloud protocols. d. measuring nonconscious processes.