Nine-month-old Elmer sees a rabbit in the yard. He then looks at his father, Fudd, and tries to direct Fudd's focus toward the bunny by pointing at the hopping rabbit. Elmer's behavior illustrates the process of _____ as an indicator of an emerging self-awareness
a. joint attention
b. industry
c. temperament
d. behavioral inhibition
a
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Sexual behavior and attitudes are shaped by the influences of
a. intelligence. b. research-based facts. c. time and place. d. comorbid diagnoses.
Which statement about the biological model is accurate? a. It has helped find effective drugs for treating disorders
b. It has received support from diathesis-stress theory. c. It has shown that mental disorders are almost always caused by structural abnormalities in the brain. d. It has proven that inheritance is the direct cause of most disorders.
The ability to perform higher-order cognitive tasks such as reasoning, as well as scores on intelligence tests, has been related to the:
a. processing of memories in the auditory rather than the visual areas of the brain b. ability to bypass short-term memory c. duration of sensory memory d. ability to keep multiple things available in short-term memory
What is most likely the biggest problem with longitudinal research?
changing ages of participants not being able to keep participants over time changing historical context participants becoming aware of the goals of the study and changing their behaviors or answers