Goodness-of-fit is best defined as
a. the extent to which the child's temperament is compatible with the social world to which the child must adapt.
b. a child's ability to distinguish himself from his environment.
c. the amount of impact genetic factors has on the development of personality.
d. the extent to which a child develops an attachment to a caregiver.
a
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Which statement describes the development of processing speed between ages 6 and 23? a. Time needed to respond decreases at a consistent rate
b. Time needed to respond decreases until about age 17 and then levels off. c. Time needed to respond is constant until about age 17 and then decreases significantly. d. Time needed to respond increases at a consistent rate.
Which of the following statements accurately describes motor development in middle childhood?
A. Motor skills in infancy do not predict motor abilities of school-age children. B. Gross motor skills in middle childhood do not change as much as fine motor skills do. C. Girls tend to outperform boys in fine motor skills. D. Boys tend to outperform girls in fine motor skills.
Peter, a participant in a paired associates learning experiment, noted that the pair GAQ-KET sounded like racquet and that TUV-LAH sounded like tough luck. When GAQ and TUV were presented he came up with KET and LAH respectively. In linking the pairs, Peter used
a. acoustic encoding. c. semantic encoding. b. maintenance rehearsal. d. both semantic and acoustic encoding.
Capacity theories propose that the ability to perform simultaneous activities is limited when the activities
a. require more mental effort than is available. b. do not interest the individual. c. are unfamiliar ones. d. are very similar to each other.