Sleep disorders are often more common in childhood, most likely because children

a) sleep very deeply and spend more time in deep sleep
b) are so easily awakened in the deep sleep stage
c) spend less time in REM sleep than adults
d) need less sleep than adults


Ans: a) sleep very deeply and spend more time in deep sleep

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Clarke-Stewart and Beck (1999) found that the quality of stories retold by children was related to

a. the age of the child. b. the sex of the child. c. the scaffolding strategies used by their mothers. d. how many books the child had in their home.

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A. Working memory B. Iconic memory C. Echoic memory D. Visual memory E. Auditory memory

Psychology

Research findings that are based on testing hypotheses are:

a. never determined statistically. b. always considered absolutely proven. c. always determined statistically. d. nearly always irrelevant to the study's objectives.

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