When young children are learning new or difficult tasks they often use

A) conservation.
B) theory of mind.
C) the ZPD.
D) private speech.


D) private speech. Private speech is speech that children say aloud to themselves. It is later internalized to form inner speech and mental activity.

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Does genetic influence on personality increase or decrease over the life span?

a. Different investigations show conflicting answers. b. Genetic influence increases as we age only for the traits of extraversion and neuroticism. c. Genetics influence personality change while the environment supports personality constancy. d. None of the above

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Maxwell was born with an insufficient amount of human growth hormone. He is likely to be ________ at birth and grow ________ throughout childhood

a. underweight; slowly c. of normal weight; slowly b. underweight; rapidly d. of normal weight; rapidly

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Which of the following terms is the SPECIFIC name for the type of cells that contain

special receptor molecules sensitive to hormones? a. Glial cells b. Receptor c. Target cells d. Neurons e. Endocrine cells

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