Which of the following statements about gender differences is correct?
a Female-male differences appear to be driven entirely by child-rearing practices of parents
b There are no male-female differences in abilities at birth
c Male-female differences in various abilities appears to be completely inborn (i.e., innate)
d Male-female differences in most abilities tend to shrink as children age
What happens in the brain to create a long-term memory?
a A chemical glue binds synapses together
b A very large electrical impulse travels once across a synapse in the hippocampus
c A neurotransmitter tears the synapses apart
d A very large electrical impulse travels multiple times across synapses in the hypothalamus
What does the scientific evidence suggest about gender differences?
a There are almost no differences among males on verbal ability
b Although males and females differ on a few abilities, the size of the difference is small
c On all abilities in which there are gender differences, males have a higher level of ability than do females
d Males and females differ on a large number of abilities
Which of the following statements about babbling is false?
a Babies from different cultures babble in different ways.
b To learn language, babies must hear real language from actual people. They do not learn language well from TV or educational videos.
c Baby vocalizations (babbling, cooing) are a sign that the baby is very focused at that moment on learning language.
d Babies learn language fastest when parents immediately respond to their babbling by naming objects.