In the context of research conducted by Grusec & Davidov in 2015, which of the following is true of middle childhood?
A. Mothers' interactions with school-age children continue to revolve exclusively around recreation.
B. Parent-child interactions focus on assignment of chores and peer activities.
C. Parents provide more direct feedback than they did in the preschool years.
D. Children evaluate their parents less harshly than they did in early childhood.
Answer: B
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a. An increase in myelination during adolescence allows nerve impulses to travel more rapidly, and this allows for faster and more efficient processing of information. b. The growth of the amygdalae and hippocampi are both maximized in early adolescence, which enhances the speed of data processing. c. Hemispheric specialization, which refers to the combined manner in which both halves of the brain simultaneously deal with information, does not begin until puberty. d. A thickening of the corpus callosum occurs during puberty, and this allows for neural impulses to be sent simultaneously to all four lobes of the cerebrum. This, in turn, drastically enhances processing speed.
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a. Uruguay b. Columbia c. Nicaragua d. Brazil
Regarding good study strategies, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Usually, you should not try to learn anything new about a subject during the last day before a test. b. Most mnemonics link new information to ideas or images that are easy to remember. c. Spaced practice is usually superior to massed practice. d. Students who overprepare for a test usually become so nervous during the test that they "blank out," forgetting what they studied.
Current research has shown that workers' job performance, mental health, and physical health are all affected by which of the following?
A) Quality of work-life B) Quantity of work-life C) Work-life balance D) Off-work balance