You visit your friend, Amy, and her 6-month-old son, Joey. You notice that when Amy talks to Joey she speaks slowly and with exaggerated changes in pitch and loudness. You think to yourself
a. "Amy had better stop talking that way or Joey is never going to learn to speak properly."
b. "Amy's making it easier for Joey to perceive the important sounds of our language by talking to him the way she does."
c. "Amy's correct to speak differently to Joey than she does to adults, but she should be speaking more quickly and with fewer changes in pitch and loudness."
d. "It bugs me when Amy talks that way to Joey, but it's not going to affect how well Joey perceives language, either positively or negatively."
b
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a. group decisions generally tend toward being more conservative than individual decisions. b. group decisions tend to take a more extreme position than individual decisions. c. group decisions usually involve a lot of compromising. d. more mature individuals in the group generally balance the opinions of the daredevils.
The ICD-10 uses ______ to describe conditions.
a. short narratives b. specific criteria c. brief checklists d. detailed case studies
Oxygen deprivation during labor and delivery is known as
A. anoxia. B. oxycephaly. C. fetal oxygen deficit syndrome. D. perinatal hypoxia.
In Milgram’s studies, over 65% of subjects flipped all of the switches to “administer” the highest level of shock. But well over 80% of people surveyed say that they would never do harm another person in that way. How can that be?
A. Milgram’s studies unintentionally included very aggressive people as the sample. B. People over-estimate the link between their attitudes and their behaviors. C. Milgram’s studies happened a long time ago – it would be different today. D. People just say that they wouldn’t harm others, when in fact they know that they really would.