Dybdahl's research among Somali mothers and their children described the specific
components of the developmental niche of the inhabitants of Mogadishu. The first
component of their developmental niche includes
a. their totemic belief system and expectations about development.
b. the child's informal education.
c. their nomadic way of life, with its emphasis on the extended family and clan.
d. the psychology of the child's caretakers, which is characterized by both
traditionalism and modernism.
c
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a. emphasizing scores and grades b. focusing on the learning process c. going easy on their grading in class d. offering students extra help
In which of Piaget’s stages of development do infants develop associations between sensations and actions?
a. The formal operations stage b. The preoperational stage c. The sensorimotor stage d. The concrete operations stage
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that it is legal to use urine tests to screen students in public high schools for drug use
A. only if there is evidence that the individual student has used drugs. B. only with the parents' permission. C. only after the student has been in a treatment program. D. if they are involved in extracurricular activities.
A political science professor attempts to facilitate her students' completion of a term paper assignment by requiring to first submit a topic statement, then a list of references, then a draft of the introduction, and then finally the completed paper. The professor is encouraging her students to use the problem-solving strategy of
A. trial and error. B. functional fixedness. C. means-ends analysis. D. forming subgoals.