Adults support the development of a positive self-concept in babies when they respond promptly to their needs and provide frequent, affectionate physical and verbal contact
a. True
b. False
a
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The discovery center:
a. is not a center where children just look at objects. b. should have things for the children to do. c. is similar to a laboratory. d. is best situated near a good light source.
At the preschool and kindergarten level, friendships include many best friends
a. True b. False
A researcher asks a group of 10-year-olds how many hours a week they watch television and what kinds of programs they typically watch. The researcher also gives the children a questionnaire designed to assess their beliefs about gender stereotypes—that is, about what behaviors they believe are "appropriate" for males and females. The researcher then analyzes the data to see if children who have
very traditional gender stereotypes (e.g., men are strong and independent, women are weak and dependent) are related to certain television viewing preferences. Which one of the following research designs is the researcher using? a. naturalistic b. correlational c. experimental d. longitudinal
Which one of the following examples best illustrates the concept of situated motivation?
a. Nathan gets extremely upset when he gets anything less than a perfect score on a test paper, probably because his parents have always expected him to be perfect at everything he does. b. Last year Ophelia was bored to tears in history class, but this year she loves history because her teacher seems to make the subject come alive. c. Polly is afraid of water because once, when she was a little girl, she almost drowned. d. Quinton would really like to play on his high school basketball team, but because he's quite short, he has settled for what he considers to be second-best: being on the wrestling team.