The majority of words found in the vocabularies of one-year-olds are
a. verbs concerning actions of people who were familiar to the child.
b. verbs concerning actions of people who were unfamiliar to the child.
c. nouns representing objects or people who were unfamiliar to the child.
d. nouns representing objects or people who were familiar to the child.
d
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Acquiring phonological awareness allows a child to segment a spoken word into sounds or phonemes
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Emily is convinced she has test anxiety
Every time she gets to the test, she cannot remember what she studied. She goes to her professor to try to see what she can do about it. Her professor asks her how she studies for the exams. Emily reports that she reads the chapters and rereads her notes. After talking to her professor about her study habits, her professor—who specializes in memory—will likely say which of the following? a) "It sure seems like you are studying enough. Continue doing what you are doing and your grades will eventually get better." b) "Emily, it is clear that you are suffering from the decay theory of forgetting. You need to work on creating retrieval cues." c) "Emily, the good news is that you don't have test anxiety. You just are not studying in a way that helps you encode the information." d) "You probably do have test anxiety and should see a psychiatrist for medication."
Five-year-old Sam is able to read the first letter of a word, but then seems to guess the rest of the word. This illustrates the fact that preschoolers have not yet fully developed the ability to focus and scan
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The cognitive component of the self is
a. self-concept b. self-appraisal c. self-enhancement d. self-esteem e. self-perception