A major development in language skills during middle childhood is the child's ability to understand his or her own use of language. This increased awareness is also known as

a. the theory of mind. c. false belief.
b. metacognition. d. metalinguistics.


d

Psychology

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Research has shown that students who are led to believe that a lecture will end in a quiz will:

A) study over the week prior to the lecture. B) take practice tests the night before the lecture. C) experience less mind wandering during the lecture. D) practice visual imagery and mnemonics during the lecture.

Psychology

In recent years, the cancer death rate has been __________, in large part due to __________.

A. inching downward; better screening and treatment B. inching downward; better personal lifestyle practices C. inching upward; the increase in environmental toxins D. inching upward; the increase in the availability of processed foods

Psychology

The most common source of sibling conflict is __________

a) bathroom time b) shared space c) cleanliness d) personal possessions

Psychology

In Asch's study of conformity, which involved a comparison of the lengths of different lines, subjects were told that the experiment was about perceptual judgment. Telling subjects this:

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology