Hart and Risley did a longitudinal study of the influence of the home verbal environment on children from different socioeconomic backgrounds. They found that _______
a. children whose parents talked to them a lot later scored lower on IQ tests
b. children whose parents talked to them a lot later scored higher on IQ tests
c. the amount of parental talk was unrelated to later IQ scores
d. the influence of parental language depended on parental income.
B
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Which statement on parent-infant early relationships is true? a. Mothers tend to spend more time reading to infants
b. Infants are biologically programmed to attach to mothers. c. Mothers provide better early childcare than fathers. d. When in distress, infants prefer to interact with fathers.
The resistance stage of the general adaptation syndrome is also known as the _____ stage
A) alarm reaction B) adaptation C) preoperational D) concrete operational
Geoff's friends tease him for visiting the public library during summer holidays. As a result, Geoff stops visiting the library. In this example, the teasing acted as ________
a. positive punishment. b. negative punishment. c. positive reinforcement. d. negative reinforcement.
What is a study protocol?
A) The script that researchers read to participants before securing informed consent. B) Language in the informed consent document. C) A method in which participants are randomly assigned to experimental conditions. D) A document that includes all elements of the study, ranging from recruitment methods, to the informed consent process, to instructions on how to run the study procedures.