Which of the following was not offered by the textbook as an explanation for the sex differences in the impact of early and late maturation?

A. the cultural desirability of thin body types
B. the developmental readiness hypothesis
C. the maturational deviance hypothesis
D. genetic makeup


D. genetic makeup

Psychology

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Which of the following would be a good summary of perceptual development?

a. Babies are not very sophisticated information processors. b. Perceptual development reveals an adaptive order that capitalizes on experience. c. Infants perceive the world much as adults do. d. Children are quite advanced in development before they can integrate their senses.

Psychology

Gonorrhea is transmitted by ____

a. skin to skin contact b. coughing or sneezing (droplet or aerosol) c. contact with blood and body fluids d. mucous membranes coming into contact with each other

Psychology

We are able to perceive color and fine detail when a visual scene stimulates ________ within the ________

a. rods; retina b. cones; fovea c. photoreceptors; lens d. ganglion cells; iris e. bipolar cells; cornea

Psychology

The Communications Decency Act was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court because it violated the:

A) Freedom of Information Act. B) Privacy Act. C) separation of church and state. D) First Amendment.

Psychology