Suppose researchers find that the average American baby begins to stand by itself at the age of 10 months. This finding is related to ____ development
a. psychoanalytic
b. ideographic
c. nonrepresentative
d. normative
D
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A neuron has a(n) _____ that extends like a trunk from the cell body
A) synapse B) nucleus C) dendrite D) axon
Which of the following illustrates the nature/nurture theme?
a. A child's early experiences direct the synaptic pruning that occurs in the first years of life. b. The timing of puberty depends on both your genetics and what sort of nutrition you have had. c. Babies remain the same length for days, and then grow several centimeters all in one day. d. Motor development in infants is related to the infant's cognitive and social goals.
A researcher wants to study fetal alcohol syndrome, a set of deficits in the offspring caused by maternal drinking during pregnancy, by randomly assigning pregnant mice to alcohol and no alcohol groups. Which of the following is the BEST reason for using mice instead of people for this study?
A. Mice consume larger amounts of alcohol relative to their body weight than humans do. B. You don't need to have the approval of an ethics committee in order to study mice. C. Although ethical standards for animal research still apply, some research considered completely unethical for humans can be conducted with animals. D. Mice are so much like people that there's no reason to study people.
The first section of a research report often presents a brief summary of the article's main points. This brief summary is referred to as the
a. reference page. b. introduction. c. abstract. d. figure captions page.