Recent evaluations of the Head Start program have indicated that the
a. program has little or no effect on children's performance in school.
b. beneficial effects of the program do not appear until the third or fourth year of elementary school.
c. program has resulted in long-lasting improvements in intellectual performance.
d. program has yielded short-term benefits in improving children's performance in school.
D
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In examining risk factors for developmental disabilities, genetic influences, chromosomal aberrations, and prenatal/perinatal problems that lead to brain changes are examples of
a. environmental risk factors. b. psychological risk factors. c. biological risk factors. d. psychosocial risk factors.
The feature-analysis approach to object recognition argues that
a. recognition involves a match between the overall shape of an item and the gestalt features stored in memory. b. recognition involves detecting specific characteristics of the stimulus. c. the match between the stimulus and the template must be exactly correct. d. we need to explain how people are able to recognize the arrangement of objects in a specific scene.
Serena is pregnant and has just been informed by her doctor that her baby's heart, eyes, hands, and feet are beginning to develop. Therefore, Serena is careful to avoid __________ during this __________ stage of development.
A. teratogens; embryonic B. teratogens; fetal C. alcohol and smoke; zygotic D. alcohol and smoke; fetal
Before proceeding to the cerebral cortex, input from all sensory systems except smell converges on the
A. hypothalamus. B. thalamus. C. amygdala. D. hippocampus