​Which is a key cue used by infants when attempting to identify whether a sound represents a word?

​With regard to the ability to see colors, newborns

​Research has found that children who are seven to eight months of age will learn a word more rapidly if it is

​Jack and Jill are twins. Because he is a boy, Jack’s parents encourage him to run. However, they discourage Jill from engaging in athletic activity. As a result, Jack is much faster at running up a hill than Jill. The difference in Jack and Jill’s behavior is best explained by

​Children tend to have more gender-neutral interests, attitudes, and self-concepts when their parents are more

​Johnny’s parents have told him that they are going to a 4th of July picnic tonight, and Johnny is afraid of the fireworks that he is going to see and hear. Which of the following would be the best way for Johnny to deal with this fear?

​Your friend Nadia has recently had a child, and is struggling with the decision to return to work. “I miss my job terribly,” she says,” but if I put the baby in day care, she might lose her bond with me!” Knowing the research in this area as well as you do, you reply:

Breathing, heart rate, muscle tone, presence of reflexes, and _______________ are all parts of an Apgar assessment.

​Why is it that 22 weeks is considered the earliest “age of viability” for an unborn child?

​As they left the restaurant, Jack and Mimi passed by a man on a park bench who was asking for spare change. Jack put a dollar in the man’s cup and smiled at him, and he and Mimi went to their car to drive home. Jack’s behavior demonstrates