According to psycholinguistic theory, environmental influences do not affect language acquisition
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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Which of the following statements is true?
a. Recent research is refining the search for genes that cause antisocial personality disorder b. Recent research on brain damage indicates that brain damage is found in psychopaths. c. Recent research on neuropsychological tests indicates that psychopaths score equally as well as nonpsychopaths. d. None of the above is true
A college student drifting into a pleasant daydream while sitting at the back of class, three businesswomen having wine at a wine bar, and an actor consulting a hypnotist to reduce stage fright are all
a. experiencing the third-person experience. b. experiencing different states of consciousness. c. exhibiting unconscious drives for success. d. exhibiting narcissistic personalities.
Which of the following can be said about a 5-month-old infant grasping an object?
a. She can be increasingly successful at grasping objects. b. She may be able to grasp the object but does not know how to let go of it. c. She is probably using the ulnar grasp. d. All of these can be said about a 5-month-old's grasping behavior.
Because low-SES children are read to for an average of just 25 hours over the preschool years,
A) their social skills do not develop at the same pace as their middle- and high-SES counterparts. B) most low-SES children enter kindergarten with little idea of what reading and writing is. C) parents report higher stress levels when helping their children with homework during the school years. D) they are behind in emergent literacy skills and in reading achievement throughout the school years.