Research indicates that very young infants (zero to two months) have a number of "preferences" with regard to characteristics of visual stimuli; list at least four such characteristics

What will be an ideal response?


(1) High and sharp contrast, with regard to light and dark areas. (2) Moderately complex stimuli, as opposed to simple or highly complex stimuli. (3) Movement of stimuli. (4) Whatever they can see well, given visual limitations in this age range. And (5) human faces instead of many other objects because human faces incorporate many of the above visual properties.

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Jessie was diagnosed with failure to thrive (FTT) at 20 months of age. At age 8, we would expect to find that Jessie

a. shows no effects of her earlier FTT. b. is now is taller and weighs more than her peers. c. may have a protein deficiency. d. is smaller, less cognitively advanced, and more emotionally disturbed than typical children.

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Development differences are important in the study of cancer because:

a. children develop higher rates of cancer than young adults. b. children develop more severe types of cancer than older individuals. c. cancer develops early although it is primarily diagnosed in older adults d. smoking usually begins in the college years and it is correlated with lung cancer.

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Forgiveness means that people:

a. must reconcile with the person who has injured them, take them back, and love him or her forever. b. must excuse the harmdoer's behavior. c. need always to love the harmdoer. d. should take back control of his or her life, stop dwelling on the past, and start acting in a more constructive and healthy way.

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What are the processes by which we recognize words when reading and how can various

forms of dyslexia disrupt them? What will be an ideal response?

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