​Children who are placed in some form of child care almost always develop social difficulties as they reach mid- to late-childhood.

​A very funny saying goes like this: “Why do people say I slept like a baby when babies wake up every hour during the night.” Aside from the chuckle you may have gotten, what would you say about this quip based on your reading of the textbook?

​Which two perspectives share the common feature of drawing attention to the role of aging and its unique influences in the broader context of human development?

​Which is the BEST example of overregularization?

​If you were to follow the advice of your authors, which of the following articles of clothing would you avoid giving to a two- or three-year-old child?

​If a pregnant woman consumes more than limited amounts of _______________ on a regular basis, her child may be born with a lower birth weight and may have decreased muscle tone.

​Scaffolding involves a teaching style in which assistance is always

​By about ____ months of age, a child can distinguish two objects from three and three objects from four.

​Marcus wants to know whether or not his daughter, Rebekah, can perceive different distances and depths. He wants to fashion a simple experiment to make this conclusion. Based on the work of Gibson and Walk, what sort of contraption could he build to test Rebekah’s depth perception?

​The role of experience, focusing on whether actions are rewarded or punished, is a central tenet in ____ theory.