Describe what has been found about sex differences in verbal ability throughout the life span.
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Infant girls begin to talk earlier than boys and have a larger vocabulary through age 5. In all industrialized countries, girls show a small advantage on reading comprehension and verbal fluency tasks through adolescence. These differences disappear as children grow up, and most tests of vocabulary and other verbal abilities show little or no sex difference in adults.
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According to Jensen (2008, 2011), which of the following is true of the three ethics of morality?
a) The three ethics are based on that fact that cognitive development proceeds in a predictable, invariant sequence. b) Jensen cites evidences that all three ethics show up in similar cultures around the world. c) The three ethics differ from one another in their understanding of why something is wrong or right. d) The ethic of autonomy is considered more morally advanced than the other two ethics.
According to Festinger, social comparison is less likely to occur
a. under conditions of uncertainty. b. when a person's self-esteem is threatened. c. when objective criteria are available. d. with similar others.
The ________ effect describes how parental responses to trauma may elicit, maintain, and exacerbate a child's anxiety
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Beyond interviews and questionnaires, other important information of sexual dysfunction can be accessed through
a. attitude and belief scales. b. performance of partner and self-scales. c. degree of stress and level of health. d. self-monitoring and physiological assessment.