What causes infants and toddlers to be "top-heavy"? What are the results of this phenomenon?
What will be an ideal response?
They're top heavy because their brain size is disproportionately large in comparison to their bodies. This means that they are able to learn very quickly, but it also impedes their physical coordination and movement.
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a. elaborative rehearsal rather than maintenance rehearsal. b. semantic coding rather than acoustic coding. c. acoustic coding and maintenance rehearsal. d. none of these.
Intelligence has the qualities that Buss and Plomin use to define temperaments
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The primary cognitive impairments in patients with Alzheimer's disease are related to __________.
a. facial recognition and mathematical calculation b. multiple strokes and short-term memory loss c. language and memory d. long-term memory and problem solving
Freud saw himself primarily as a
A. writer of fiction. B. philosopher. C. scientist. D. psychologist. E. general practitioner.