_____ Tincoff and Juscyk (1999) showed that when 6-month-old infants hear the word "mommy," they look longer at their mother than at their father in a preferential-looking procedure
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Melissa has started a new job as a bank teller. The first day, she makes a mistake counting back money to a customer and takes a longer than average time to do every task she is given. She decides that "she is stupid" and will never be able to do this job, so she quits. Melissa would not have quit her job so quickly if she had attributed her failure to
a. the first day jitters. b. her general lack of preparation for professional work. c. her immaturity. d. the other employees being hostile towards her.
If parents have contributed to their adolescent's academic success, they are likely _________ parents
a. authoritative c. permissive b. authoritarian d. uninvolved
Kayla was talking to her 12-month old daughter, and was talking in a very high-pitched, exaggerated voice. Experts refer to this sort of communication as __________
a. babbling b. infant-oriented speech c. motherese d. cooing
In research reports, a statement that "the results of the
experiment were statistically significant" means that the difference must be large enough so that it would occur by chance in how many experiments out of 100? a. less than five b. less than 20 c. more than five d. more than 20