Which statement about the newborn baby’s appearance is true?
A) Girls tend to be slightly longer and heavier than boys.
B) Their round faces and big eyes make adults feel like picking them up.
C) The trunk is large in comparison to the head, and the legs are straight.
D) On average, they are 18 inches long and 5½ pounds in weight.
Answer: B
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a) the retina of a 60-year-old person receives a third as much light as a 20-year-old person b) the optic nerve becomes less efficient in transmitting nerve impulses to the brain c) the lens of the eye becomes less transparent d) the elderly are less able to distinguish colors
When Kate gets extremely upset, she secretly cuts her inner thigh. This behaviour calms her down. Kate's behaviour represents:
A) bipolar disorder. B) nonsuicidal self-injury. C) suicide ideation. D) a nonfatal suicide attempt.
Your dog has been lost for three days. When you hear a bark, you assume that it is Fido because of
a. location constancy. b. closure. c. the law of common fate. d. olfaction. e. top-down processing.
Evolutionary psychologists and sociobiologists would be most likely to agree that:
a. the study of nonhuman species is an effective method in exploring the evolution of human characteristics. b. human males and females differ in their sexual strategies and practices. c. the study of human dating and mating practices around the world is the most effective method in exploring sexual strategies. d. the sexual behavior of the female does not seem to depend on the goal of fertilization because pregnant females continue to have sex.