Regarding early language development, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Six-week-old babies will gaze at an adult's face in rhythm with the adult's speech.
b. Infants as young as four months engage in vocal turn-taking with adults.
c. The more children interact with parents, the faster they learn to talk and the faster they learn thinking abilities.
d. The interchanges between parents and infants under ten months of age do not represent real communication.
D
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Mollie is 68 years old and has been retired for 2 years. She is discussing with her daughter plans to pursue different activities with each of her grandchildren now that she is no longer working. According to Robert Peck, Mollie is in what developmental stage?
A. ego-integrity-versus-despair B. ego transcendence versus ego preoccupation C. body transcendence versus body preoccupation D. redefinition of self versus preoccupation with work role
Manuel hoped to graduate from college by age 22 but finds himself enrolling for the first time at age 52 . The anxiety Manuel feels because of this situation may be best explained by the concept of
a. biological maturation. b. a social clock. c. plasticity. d. historical change.
Visual accommodation involves the ability of the _____ of the eye to change shape and bring objects into focus
a. retina b. lens c. iris d. fovea
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Malingering is a behaviour in which individuals fabricate medical or psychological symptoms to get something they want. 2. Physicians often focus on a patient's emotions and allow this focus to overshadow technical aspects of the patient's illness. 3. A substantial number of people who seek medical care do so for treatment of psychological and emotional problems. 4. Compliance to a medical treatment tends to decrease as the treatment becomes more frequent. 5. Optimists stick to the medical regimens their caregivers have prescribed better than do pessimists.