How can Piaget's ideas on concrete operations be used in classrooms?
a. by helping teachers understand that cognitive development coincides with age
b. by providing ideas on how teachers can stimulate cognitive development
c. by showing teachers that time is all that is needed for children to develop cognitive skills
d. by demonstrating that group discussions are not a useful teaching strategy in the classroom
B
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Differences in gender distribution and attrition rates across college course subject areas reflect which of the following causes?
A. gender stereotypes B. perceived self-inadequacies C. first-year adjustment reaction D. genetic limitations
Walter and Helen are both recently divorced and trying to cope with the stress of their failed relationships. Compared to Walter, Helen is more likely to cope by
a. ruminating about her negative feelings. b. using physical activity as a distraction. c. engaging in antisocial behavior. d. using alcohol or drugs to escape her feelings.
Which of the following statements is true of sex-linked disorders?
a. Childbirth and the stress of raising children contributes to the prevalence of sex-linked disorders in women. b. Hormonal fluctuations lead to a great prevalence of sex-linked disorders in women than men. c. Sex-linked disorders, which are more prevalent in males, are typically caused by recessive diseased alleles found on the X chromosome. d. Sex-linked disorders are caused by genetic mutations on the X chromosome for females and on the Y chromosome for males.
Suppose you were interested in studying how the color of a room might affect student performance on exams. Describe the experiment you would design to investigate this, and be sure to indicate what the independent and dependent variables are in the study you chose, and how you might deal with the problem of confounding variables
What will be an ideal response?