Describe peer relationships during the middle childhood years

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Peers take on increasing importance in middle childhood. Peers assist in the socialization of children, lending to the enhanced development of important social skills such as sharing, cooperation, and coping strategies. Later-born children tend to be more popular than first-born children. This may be due to the development of social interaction skills resulting from interactions with one's siblings. Peer rejection is related to behavioral and learning problems.

Psychology

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By 7 months of age, infants can pick out sequences of sound that repeat in a string of nonsense words or real words in a foreign language. For example, a baby could recognize that bada is a familiar "word" in the string "badazugubadaguzubadagadu." This ability is called __________.

A. accelerated learning B. statistical learning C. joint attention D. word comprehension

Psychology

Neurons "talk" to each other chemically when which of the following are released?

a. neurilemmas b. neurotransmitters c. somas d. ion channels

Psychology

In addition to large brains, which of the following evolved alongside of social complexity?

a. an extended juvenile period c. a prehensile thumb b. upright walking d. territorialism

Psychology

If no one in a large group helps a person obviouslyin trouble, it's probablybecause of

A) diffusion of responsibility B) obedience of authority C) fundamental attribution error D) the Barnum effect

Psychology