Kim heard her grandmother speak Mandarin from the time she was born. Her adopted brother never heard Mandarin as a baby or as a child. As Kim grows up, she is more likely than her adopted brother to produce native sounds in Mandarin. This illustrates which of the three ongoing debates surrounding development?

a. Nature versus nurture
b. Critical versus sensitive periods
c. Continuity versus discontinuity
d. Qualitative versus quantitative change


b

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does not involve: a) diagnosis b) mastery c) guidance d) feedback

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Children begin to apply the alphabetic principle during the _____________ stage of spelling development

a. emergent spelling b. letter-name spelling c. derivational relations spelling d. within-word spelling

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Who is most likely to be overconfident?

a. Low performing students b. Students performing at an average level c. Students performing above average d. Gifted students

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Each of the following is a type of time-series design, EXCEPT ______.

A. basic B. interrupted C. single case D. control

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