Suppose Professor Jahl studies the acquisition of an ability called "gorpage." Professor Jahl finds that some children acquire gorpage when they are four years old, while other do not acquire gorpage until they are six years old
Additionally, the professor discovers that children in East Asian countries do not acquire gorpage at all. The acquisition of gorpage is likely to be labeled ___.
a. gorpage development
b. gorpage learning
c. gorpage learning and development
d. gorpage change
B
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a. True b. False
A researcher interested in developmental differences in reading ability tests three groups of participants (5, 10, and 15 years old). All participants are given a test of reading comprehension after reading a fictional passage and scores are compared between groups. This is called a _______ design
a. cross sectional b. longitudinal c. time lag d. cross sequential
Subjects who scored high on both masculine and feminine items of the Bem Sex Role Inventory tended to be more
a. ambitious. b. adaptable. c. indecisive. d. shy and withdrawn.
Children in non-Western cultures without formal schooling do not use the same memory strategies as children in Western cultures. Instead they might use ______.
A. drawings or diagrams B. stories C. spatial cues D. games