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You are about half way through the exam. You’re thinking

Learning and memory difficulties in the school-age years are most closely linked to which teratogen?  

A child’s ability to consider different strategies and perspectives fall under which dimension of executive function?        

Dr. Martin, a psychologist interested in studying children’s memory, gave a memory test to a group of six-year-olds in 1995 and repeated the tests with the same children in 1998 when they were nine-year-olds. The research strategy used here was the ________ approach. sequential  longitudinal  correlational  cross-sectional

The vast increase in genetic data generated at a much reduced cost and in a shorter period of time is referred to as         

Hillary’s mother likes to let her daughter experience new things and gain new skills. As Hillary finds the process of baking very exciting, her mother recently allowed her to beat the eggs and measure out the flour required for the cake she was making. Though Hillary’s mother could have done these tasks in a quicker and more efficient manner on her own, she chose to let Hillary take charge even if it meant more time, effort, and patience would be required on her part. Which of the following is TRUE with regard to this situation?      

Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (secondhand smoke) increases the risk of        

Because Dr. Simon is a cognitive theorist, we know that she emphasizes the importance of ________ in development.      

Dr. Baker-Finch considers early computers as the “founding fathers” of the developmental theory he supports. He is trying to draw analogies between a computer’s hardware and the brain and between computer software and cognition. Dr. Baker-Finch would be considered a(n) ________ theorist.  

Which of the following undermines the validity of the psychoanalytic theory of gender?