Social cognition is an area of social psychology concerned with social influences on thought, memory, perception, and other cognitive processes

According to research by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,

children in high-quality day care were found to exhibit all of the following EXCEPT a. better cognitive and language skills. b. behavior problems that did not exist beforehand. c. better relationships with their mothers. d. improved social skills.

A dying person

a. often tends to reduce the number of persons with whom he or she wants to interact b. is typically unconcerned with tasks related to the welfare of other persons c. is unlikely to be concerned with loved ones' responses to a decision no longer to seek a cure d. will want to maintain close relationships with all of those who have been important in his or her life e. none of these