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​Research has found that a(n) _______________ mother-child attachment is just as likely to occur, regardless of the quality, duration, and frequency of childcare. The age at which a child enters child care is similarly unlikely to interfere with such an attachment.

Jaxon’s father is teaching him to take a shower by himself, without help. First he turns on the water for Jaxon, helps him get in the tub, and instructs him on how to wash his hair and his body. The next evening, he turns on the water and helps Jaxon into the tub, but lets Jaxon wash himself. The next night, he lets Jaxon turn the water on and adjust the temperature himself. Finally, on the last night he asks Jaxon to go take a shower without helping him at all. This withdrawal of help that is no longer needed demonstrates _______________.

​What is the major distinction between a structured observation and a naturalistic observation?

​Dr. Swartzman wants to know if children who are raised in lower socioeconomic environments have more difficulty succeeding in school as they grow up. He enlists a group of four-year-old children and their parents, and he observes the children in school twice a year until they turn 18. Dr. Swartzman’s study would be best described as

List the three stages of prenatal development in the correct order, and note how long each stage lasts. Indicate the major event that indicates the beginning and end of each stage. Finally, discuss the major events that take place within each stage.

​Pregnant women who regularly consume quantities of alcoholic beverages may give birth to babies with _______________ spectrum disorder.

​____ style is to the primary use of words that name objects, persons, or actions as ____ style is to the use of names as well as social phrases.

If you (or your partner) were to have a baby tomorrow, you would anticipate with great spirit the progression in that child’s language skills. If we were to then fast forward one year into the future, you would look back on the way those language skills had developed. In this essay, note the major linguistic milestones that you would expect to see in the first year of a typical child’s life.

​By about ____ months of age, different circuits in the brain begin to control infants’ looking at faces, allowing infants to distinguish different faces..

​Although the risk of using a cellular telephone during pregnancy is, as of yet, unclear, your authors do note that there is one way in which using cell phones represents an enormous risk for both pregnant women and their unborn children. That is: