Compare and contrast environmental factors that can impact the timing of puberty in girls.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Environmental factors that can speed up puberty in girls include obesity, mother-child conflict, father absence, and family stress.
2. Environmental factors that can delay puberty in girls include malnourishment, body weight or body fat that is below certain critical levels, or extreme amounts of exercise.
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"Social brain theory" states that ____
a. the human brain evolved to enable humans to have rich, complex social lives b. the human brain evolved to allow humans to develop language c. humans are born with access to a "collective unconscious" (certain types of cumulative social knowledge) d. unlike to the left and right hemispheres in the brains of other animals, the two hemispheres in the human brain are much more "social" (communicative) with one another
What is the ectoderm and why is it important?
What will be an ideal response?
When a child is rewarded for stating a particular view, her or his attitude about that object or concept is influenced. This shows the importance of ____ in attitude formation
a. ?operant conditioning b. ?the mere-exposure effect c. ?observational learning d. ?classical conditioning
Discuss the different types of specific phobias and how they are acquired.
What will be an ideal response?