During the development of your four-year-old nephew's brain, a number of neurons died and many synapses were pruned. As a result, when he is older, he will
a. suffer from intellectual disability
b. probably be totally normal
c. not be able to learn to talk.
d. have normal speech, but his intellectual functioning will be lower than normal.
b
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a. expression of the dominant gene b. expression of the recessive gene c. incomplete dominance d. failure of expression
Recently, several cross-national studies of academic performance found that academic performance in fourth grade is related mainly to ___ rather than ___
a. cultural beliefs; educational practices b. the countries' economic development; cultural beliefs c. the countries' cultural views on education; local funding for education d. educational practices; access to nutrition in middle childhood
The proposition that one only has access to other people’s behavior and not their inner subjectivity is known as the _________.
a. solipsistic dilemma b. problem of other minds c. behaviorist fallacy d. skeptic fallacy
One branch of psychology, ______________, can be thought of as the science of happiness as it seeks to identify and promote qualities that lead to greater fulfillment in our lives.
a. positive psychology b. industrial psychology c. human psychology d. machine psychology