Development in __________ allows children in middle childhood to respond rapidly to changing information, like hitting a tennis ball or catching a baseball?
a. reaction time
b. eye-hand coordination
c. myelination
d. muscular virility
A. Improvements in reaction time allow children to respond rapidly to changing information, for example when hitting a tennis ball over the net or when catching or hitting a baseball.
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What will be an ideal response?
A combination of flexibility in thinking and reorganization in understanding to produce innovative ideas is important in:
a. creative thinking c. definitional theory b. semantics d. concept formation
What research topic would lend itself best to naturalistic observation?
A. Comparing smokers and nonsmokers on judgments of self-esteem B. Describing play among children in a kindergarten class C. Describing gender attitudes for all Chicagoans D. Understanding the life of someone with a rare brain disorder
What is person perception?
a. Our tendency to attribute the best motives to ourselves and the worst motives to others. b. Our tendency to be influenced by groups. c. The different mental processes that we use to form impressions and draw conclusions about other people. d. The process by which attitudes change after trying something and having it work.