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​Although an unborn child may be protected from many different maternal illnesses, such as colds and some strains of the flu, other illnesses can be extremely harmful to the baby. Which of the following is NOT listed as one of those illnesses?

​When a baby is upset when her attachment figure leaves the room, and then demonstrates anger when the attachment figure returns, she is displaying an avoidant attachment style.

​Which of the following tools is an indirect method of testing a baby’s awareness of his/her       own existence?

​Salem has decided to do a correlational study on the relationship between parental smoking and the cognitive performance of their children. How might this research be conducted? What are the major disadvantages of this type of research approach?

​Between the ages of ____, children develop a theory of mind, which refers to a naïve understanding of the relationship between thoughts and behaviors.

​Some scientists believe that the development of language skills, especially ____ words, is essential in the development of a child’s theory of mind.

​Which of the following research methods combines the aspects of both longitudinal and cross-sectional designs?

​Which of the following is an example of intersensory redundancy?

​If you wanted to do research that specifically sought to uncover the reasons for various aspects of behavior and you wanted to study a small number of individuals very intensively over a prolonged period of time, you would most likely conduct _______________ studies.

​The direction of a relationship-that is, whether two variables move in the same direction or in opposite directions-is indicated by the _______________ of the correlation coefficient.