Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. By approximately age 7 in the United States, children spend equal time with peers and adults.
2. According to Piaget, creative play is a “child’s work.”
3. Most contemporary research suggests that most fathers are uninvolved in their children’s lives.
4. Brazelton’s research suggests that children learn to act differently around their mothers versus their fathers because of the differing expectations stereotypically associated with motherhood and fatherhood.
5. “Permissive” parents tend to scold their children often.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False

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a. animal's environment.
b. animal's behavior.
c. environmental guidance of behavior.
d. animal's characteristics.
e . brain processes that underlie behavior.

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a. the importance of chaos c. self-awareness b. restraint d. carelessness

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