What term designates a specific amount of time during development when certain damage or processes can or should take place?

The Australian saying that "tall poppies" are cut down refers to

weeds in the garden. bullies. older siblings. immodest children.

Imagine that you have been hired to assist in an experiment investigating the verbal abilities of boys and girls. In preparing for the experiment, you read a research study that found higher verbal abilities in girls than boys

If this information about gender leads you somehow to communicate to the girls in the experiment that they should do better than the boys, we say that the ________ effect is operating. a. placebo b. expectancy c. double-blind d. between-subjects