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​A researcher is going to do a longitudinal study of cognitive development in elementary school-age children. What problems is this researcher going to have that could be avoided if she were to do a cross-sectional study instead?

​Which of the following clichés encapsulates one of the three recommendations that your textbook makes for enhancing children’s learning?

​Mariposa just called out to her son Lou by saying his name to him. Lou just turned and looked in his mother’s direction, demonstrating recognition of his own name. How old would you say that Lou must be?

​Validity is to reliability as

_______________ skills refer to coordinated movements of the muscles and limbs.

​Marcus wants to know whether or not his daughter, Rebekah, can perceive different distances and depths. He wants to fashion a simple experiment to make this conclusion. Based on the work of Gibson and Walk, what sort of contraption could he build to test Rebekah’s depth perception?

Describe two kinetic cues and two pictorial cues that are used in depth perception.

In experience-_______________ growth, the wiring of the brain is organized by experiences that are common to most humans.

​When children are playing by themselves but are watching each other while they do so, they are engaging in _______________ play.

​Flannery is only a few years old, and she likes to do puzzles. As she snaps the pieces together, she can be heard saying things like, “This one goes here,” and “No, that doesn’t fit!” Flannery’s verbalizations are an example of ____ speech.