When five-year-old Roger began first grade, his teacher and parents noticed that he reversed his letters, writing "d" when he meant "b." What would we expect Roger's reading skills to be like at age ten?
a) This early sign of mental retardation indicates that Roger may never learn to read.
b) This early sign of dyslexia suggests that Roger will have difficulty learning to read.
c) This early sign of emotional problems suggests that Roger is having difficulty adjusting to school and may be diagnosed as hyperactive by age ten.
d) Based on this sign, there is no reason to suspect that Roger will have difficulty learning to read or doing well in school.
d
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A. selective attention B. sustained attention C. executive control D. managing and deploying cognitive resources
The major qualification of the research findings on gender differences is that
a. the data are indicative of group differences and tell us little about individuals. b. the findings are based on only a few studies and are therefore not very representative of the population. c. most of the research has been conducted on white middle-class children. d. there is wide variation from study to study in how the variables have been operationalized.
Evaluating your worth as a person creates either a high or low
a. ideal self. b. temperament. c. character. d. self-esteem.
In Milgram's experiments, all of the following circumstances reduced obedience to lower levels EXCEPT
a. giving the teacher the orders by phone. b. placing the teacher and learner face-to-face. c. telling the teacher that the learner had a heart condition. d. conducting the experiment off campus.