Research on reading and math skills _________________________
a. has only been conducted in the United States and Canada
b. has shown that girls are more likely to be diagnosed with dyslexia than are boys
c. has shown that the whole-language approach is more effective than the phonics approach for children who are first learning to read
d. has found that even some nonhuman animals have a primitive awareness of numeracy
Answer: D
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An expert in wilderness survival participates in a memory study in which she is shown a list of words. Later, she is asked to recall these words. Which words is she MOST likely to recall?
A) freshwater B) mountaintop C) songbird D) cool breeze
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a) hertz. b) amplitude. c) unique. d) timbre.
Social learning theory's foremost proponent is __________
a. Watson b. Thorndike c. Skinner d. Bandura