Mental retardation is defined as
A. below-average intellectual ability
B. below-average intellectual ability and adaptive functioning
C. significant deficits in self-care abilities
D. low IQ scores
B. below-average intellectual ability and adaptive functioning
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The research on change blindness leads to which general conclusion? a. You mainly attend to the gist of a scene and a few details at a time
b. You divide your attention equally over all the elements that compose a scene. c. You automatically notice anything that changes. d. You alternate spontaneously between top-down and bottom-up processes.
"Remote" grandparents usually __________.
A. call and visit frequently with their grandchildren B. rarely visit with their grandchildren and show little interest in them C. take full responsibility for raising their grandchildren D. take care of the grandchildren several times a week while parents work
Which of the following statements regarding stepfamilies is not true?
a. Children have more trouble adjusting to stepparents when there are a large number of stepsiblings. b. Children have more trouble adjusting to stepparents when the biological parent and stepparent have a biological child of their own. c. Adolescents have more trouble adjusting to stepparents than younger children do. d. Girls adjust better to parental remarriage than boys do.
The ability to generate clear oral narratives
A) is a sign of dyslexia. B) enhances reading comprehension. C) is only found in children with formal schooling. D) emerges during adolescence.