David is concerned that his clients and coworkers are reacting toward him in a negative way. You are a coworker of David’s and recently overheard two of  David’s clients talking about changing to a different professional because David’s fingernails are often not clean and his hair not well styled. In order to help your friend and also avoid offending him with specifics, how would you BEST advise David?

A parent telling their child which one of the following is most clearly an example of direct instruction?

True or false? The #1 reason why children continue to play youth sports is because it’s fun to them.

A second grader gets scratched by her neighbor’s cat and runs home crying to her mom. The only other cat she’s been around is her grandmother’s cat, which also scratched her the last time she saw it. The little girl tells her mom she doesn’t like cats because they are mean. This is a good example of which characteristic of concrete operational thought?

True or false? A child with a BMI in the 87th percentile would be considered obese.

A third grade teacher asks the students in her class to research 10 different animals found in zoos and rank them from lightest to heaviest. This is a good example of which characteristic of concrete operational thought?

My daughter is putting together a puzzle. She has put the outer edges together all by herself, but she’s having trouble with the middle pieces. I suggest that she organizes the pieces by color first, helping her start, but letting her finish on her own. When she puts together the next puzzle, she organizes the middle pieces by color all by herself. This is most clearly an example of

An 8 year old soccer player passes the ball to a teammate and runs towards the goal anticipating a pass back for an open shot. This strategic planning is most clearly an example of which type of benefit of youth sports?

Which one of Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development is most clearly being demonstrated when a child understands that it’s OK for them to want to do something different than what their friend wants to do?

Researchers show high school students at Pine Tree High School a video clip about the dangers of texting and driving and then track their texting and driving habits through an app on their phone for the next six months. Students at Oak Tree High School are not shown the video clip, but the researchers track their texting and driving habits through an app on their phone for the next six months as well. During those six months, there is no difference between the rate of texting and driving for the students at these two schools. This is an example of _______ research.