A 5- study carried out by Sénéchal and LeFevre found that shared, or interactive, storybook reading with preschool children at home was positively related to the development of which of the following?
a. first-grade reading skills
b. alphabet knowledge
b. invented spelling
c. third-grade reading levels
C
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A psychologist teaches a snake phobic client to relax. She then has the client imagine increasingly vivid scenes about snakes while relaxing. The psychologist is using which type of therapy?
A. Systematic desensitization B. Aversion therapy C. Reinforcement therapy D. Biofeedback
Mervyn pulled out a red block from his pocket and showed it to his four-month-old daughter, Jennifer, a number of times. Jennifer looked at it less and less each time. Then Mervyn pulled out a blue block. If Jennifer showed recovery from habituation, we would expect that she
a. looked about the same length of time at the blue block as she looked at the red block the last time it was shown to her. b. looked longer at the blue block than at the red block the last time it was shown to her. c. smiled at the blue block more than at the red block because she recognized it as something new. d. smiled at the blue block less than at the red block because she recognized it as something new.
The volley principle is necessary to overcome weaknesses in place theory
a. True b. False
A child's normal development is artificially delayed. The impediment is then removed, and she "catches up" in growth, demonstrating the basic growth principle of
A) directionality. B) independence of systems. C) canalization. D) eugenics.