Compared to infrequent viewers, preschoolers who watch Sesame Street regularly
a. have smaller vocabularies as 5-year-olds. c. are less proficient at the targeted academic skills.
b. have higher grades in high school. d. spend less time reading as adolescents.
b
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According to Denham and colleagues' model of emotion regulation, children sometimes regulate their emotions __________ and sometimes __________.
A. as they experience them (in the heat of the moment); after reappraisal (the reasoned approach) B. immediately and poorly; much better after waiting patiently C. impulsively; reflectively D. angrily; calmly
The purpose of adopting metaphors from medical and engineering terminology was to ____.?
a. ?liken psychology to the established sciences b. ?reduce the stigma attached to seeking psychological help by adopting the terms "doctor" and "patient” c. ?show that psychology was scientific d. ?establish psychology as a legitimate profession in medical and industrial settings e. ?refocus the public's attention on the experimental and statistical methods of psychology
Lamar has just gotten a new job and is attending a company party where he will meet his colleagues for the first time. His boss escorts him around to small groups to introduce him. At the first group, Lamar meets four people and is told only their first names. The same thing happens with a second group and a third group. At the fourth group, Lamar is told their names and that one of the women in
the group is the company accountant. A little while later, Lamar realizes that while remembers the names of the people in the fourth group, he can no longer recall the names of anyone he met earlier in the party. Lamar's experience demonstrates a. the phonological similarity effect. b. retroactive interference. c. the cocktail party phenomenon. d. a partial-report procedure.
_____ is a functional neuroimaging technique in which a harmless radioactive substance is injected into the bloodstream and then absorbed by brain regions as they require blood flow.
A) Electroencephalographology B) Computerized axial tomography C) Positron emission tomography D) Functional magnetic resonance imaging