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​As Florence gets older, passing her 50s and 60s, she finds that she has become more patient, less emotional, and finds it easier to deal with the challenges of life. At the same time, she is acutely aware that her physical functioning has declined, her eyesight is becoming problematic, and she now requires the use of a hearing aid. Florence’s various changes demonstrate Baltes’s feature of

​Why might you consider the appearance of overregularization a good thing in the process of a child’s language development?

​Which of the following is the best way to make sure that babies get their appropriate levels of nourishment?

​Stanley and Barbara are talking about how they can teach their children, Andrew and Christine, to be more prosocial. They decide that this weekend they are going to take their children to a local food kitchen and they are going to volunteer as a family. After they do so, the children both ask when they can go back and help again. In this case, Stanley and Barbara have helped inspire prosocial behavior through

All cultures have gender ____, which refers to beliefs and images about males and females that may or may not be true.​

​Your authors suggest that several factors may explain gender roles and differences. They include biology, socialization, and a child’s own efforts. Which word best encapsulates your author’s view of the contributions of these three factors to such understanding?

​Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of general risk factors identified by scientists for pregnant women and their babies?

​Collette is sitting with her young son Jim, and has placed five jellybeans in front of him. Jim starts to count the beans, and as he points to the beans says, “one, two, three!” He then looks up at Collette and smiles. Jim has not yet mastered the

​The fact that a teen growing up during the Vietnam War will develop in a different manner than a teen growing up during the Iraq War is best explained in terms of

​Anthony and Martina are the new parents of a new baby named Zoe and are wondering whether Zoe will attach to them. A developmental psychologist explains to them that if Zoe is a typical baby, she will