Lori is concerned that her friends and coworkers often fail to understand what she says. Here are some pieces of advice: which do you think she should follow?
a. When expressing your feelings, avoid nonverbal messages as much as possible because they tend to be less effective
b. Try to express your message as accurately as possible by using long and sophisticated words, no matter who you are speaking to.
c. Make your verbal and nonverbal messages match each other so that you would not confuse your friends
d. Try to speak in general terms and focusing on the group by using such phrases as "most people", "our group".
c. Make your verbal and nonverbal messages match each other so that you would not confuse your friends
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Sensorimotor period
Match each statement with the correct item below. a. Change over time in the structure, thoughts, and behaviors of an individual due to biological and environmental influences. b. The principle that describes motor development as progressing from the midline of the body outward to the extremities; thus, chest, shoulders, and upper arms come under control before the hands and feet. c. The name given to Vygotsky’s theory of mental development in which the emphasis is shifted away from the child in explaining development and to the influence of the individual’s social or cultural environment. d. A theory that holds that development occurs in a steplike fashion, with each step or level qualitatively distinct from, and more complex than, previous levels. e. A condition in which an individual’s response to a stimulus has rewarding or satisfying consequences. f. Assumes that the developing child participates in the developmental process and literally constructs his or her own reality. g. The first stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development; in this stage, the infant learns about his environment by active manipulation of the objects in it. h. Increase in size, function, or complexity to some point of optimal maturity; associated with quantitative change.
What is "the ability to understand, identify, and respond to emotions in oneself and others in a healthy manner"?
A) conflict resolution B) redirection C) emotional literacy D) time-out
With the help of three teacher aides, a kindergarten teacher gives her students a standardized school readiness test on the first day of class. Given what we know about such tests, what is the best thing to do with the test results?
a. Meet with the parents of low-scoring children to ask them to consider placing their children in preschool or Head Start for the year. b. Suggest to the principal that low-scoring children be placed in a more intensive "pre-kindergarten" class; these children would then attend kindergarten the following year. c. Suggest to the principal that high-scoring children be placed in a first-grade class instead. d. Use the results to form tentative hypotheses about where it would be best to begin instruction.
Which of the following statements is true about systematic desensitization?
A. It involves a type of counterconditioning. B. It is the tendency of an individual to develop higher levels of anxiety to a new stimulus. C. It is based on operant conditioning. D. It increases the stress associated with negative events.