Simone Farnsworth is a writer of children's books. When she creates her books, Farnsworth is very careful to avoid the use of language that emphasizes the world from a male perspective. Simone believes that using words and phrases that emphasize traditional gender roles may influence children to think in a gender-stereotyped manner. Farnsworth's perspective is consistent with which of the
following?
a. the existence of a language acquisition device
b. divergent thinking
c. the triarchic theory of intelligence
d. the linguistic relativity hypothesis e. the practice of culture-fair testing
d
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a. Induced movement b. Shape constancy c. Motion parallax d. Stroboscopic movement
When Matthew saw his older brother's bicycle fall off its kick stand, Matthew told his brother that the bicycle must be tired from being ridden too much. Matthew's statement illustrates the type of thinking that Piaget referred to as
a. centration. b. animism. c. preformal operations. d. conservation.
Which of the following is supported by research on teratogens?
What will be an ideal response?
During an internship at a mental health clinic, you hear a psychiatrist say, "We need to put Mrs. Smith on a typical neuroleptic drug." You know that this type of drug will:
A. alter the size of her ventricles in the brain B. reduce serotonin activity in the nervous system C. increase dopamine activity in the nervous system D. reduce dopamine activity in the nervous system