Early childhood is an important time for brain development. Axons are
A) myelinating.
B) proliferating.
C) being pruned.
D) being shaped.
A) myelinating. Axons are myelinating and glial cells are proliferating in the brain.
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A number of social psychological studies have made use of the autokinetic effect in order to understand ____
a. the so-called sleeper effect b. why convert communicators are so effective c. how alpha and omega strategies work d. informational influence and the formation of group norms
An apartment manager lists a "luxury penthouse" in the newspaper for an astoundingly low price, even though he has no such units available. The idea is to lure people in, and then try to sell them his relatively mediocre apartments. The manager is apparently using an influence technique known as the ____
a. foot-in-the-door technique b. bait-and-switch technique c. legitimization-of-paltry-favors technique d. disrupt-then-reframe technique
Studies show that educational self-fulfilling prophecies are especially strong
A) in multigrade classrooms. B) in social-constructivist classrooms. C) when teachers rely on cooperative learning techniques. D) when teachers emphasize competition and publicly compare children.
The morning-after pill
A) has a lower hormone content than most birth-control pills. B) in some cases is recommended as a regular form of birth control. C) commonly causes nausea in its users. D) prevents the ovum from passing through the fallopian tube.