Early childhood is a vital time for laying the foundations of executive function, which includes
A) adaptive responses to simple cognitive processes.
B) refinement and reorganization of existing cognitive schemes.
C) controlling information as it flows from the central executive to the short-term memory store.
D) controlling attention, suppressing impulses in favor of adaptive responses, and flexibly redirecting thought and behavior.
D
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a. Behaviorism b. Psychoanalysis c. Constructivism d. Epigenesis
With variability in cultural standards and beliefs, may be a key reason for differences in reported dementia
a. superstition b. stigma c. labeling specificity d. diagnostic categories
Which of the following was a social psychological experiment that is considered ethically questionable because of the emotional and psychological risk incurred by participants?
A. Milgram’s obedience study B. Zimbardo’s prison experiment C. Tuskegee Study D. Nuremburg Study
For adults, heritability estimates indicate that about one-third of the variance in IQ scores is explainable by genetic differences
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.