Piaget maintained that private speech is
A. an egocentric form of speech.
B. practice for social speech.
C. a sign of abnormal development.
D. a form of communication.
Answer: A
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__________ are socially acceptable ways of showing emotion in public settings, and can vary from culture to culture.
A. Phonemes B. Facial grids C. Display rules D. Expressional norms
The data in the previous question show a much higher incidence of low birth weight babies from mothers who smoke. This finding is likely to be a reliable one because
a. everyone knows that smoking is a bad thing. b. the smokers rate of low birth weight is twice that of the non-smokers. c. the pattern of differences occurs reliably over each of 5 years. d. there is a general increase in low birth weight over the years.
Among the __________, babies hold their heads up, sit alone, and walk considerably earlier than North American infants
A) Gusii of Kenya B) West Indians of Jamaica C) rural northeastern Chinese D) Zinacanteco Indians of southern Mexico
Which of the following describes the event when children focus attention on managing their emotions?
Effortful control || Internal state || Emotions management || Self-pacing || || ||