According to your text, which of the following statements is correct concerning challenges to Piaget's theories?
A) Piaget's assessments of infants have been largely discredited by modern researchers.
B) Piaget underestimated the cognitive abilities of infants.
C) Piaget overestimated the cognitive abilities of infants.
D) Piaget failed to take ethnicity into account when he studied infants.
B
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Tosha is going to have a baby, but she smokes, takes cough syrup, and drinks wine with dinner each night. This behavior is very likely to endanger her baby's development, especially in the ____ stage.?
a. ?zygotic b. ?embryonic c. ?fetal d. ?neonatal
In contrast to more traditional approaches to assessment, behavioral assessment
a. views behavior as being consistent across time. b. relies more on methods like interviews and self-report. c. relies more on data to select, evaluate, and revise treatment. d. involves fewer assessments.
Which part of a neuron is attached to the soma and carries messages out to other cells?
a) soma b) axon c) dendrite d) cell membrane
To state that a particular teratogen has an effect during a "critical period" means that it:
a. can affect organ systems that are critical for sustaining life b. can cause the mother to become critically ill and perhaps die c. exerts its effect on development only during a particular stage of development d. will require the mother to be hospitalized, most likely in a critical care unit