Which of the following statements is true of brain development in infancy and childhood?
A. The cerebrum grows the fastest during the fourth year of life.
B. The corpus callosum grows dramatically during childhood, reaching adult size by age 10.
C. At about 3 months after conception, the brain starts to develop from a long, hollow tube.
D. At birth, the spinal cord and brain stem begin to develop.
Answer: B
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The cognitive model is based on the idea that our
a. perceptions and interpretations of events are more important than the events themselves b. cognitive abilities differ depending on our developmental stage c. brains are permanently affected by external events d. intelligence level determines which disorders we are prone to
According to the research and discussion about source monitoring,
a. government agencies, corporations, and the media sometimes make source-monitoring errors. b. source-monitoring errors are generally easy to correct. c. people are almost always accurate in recognizing which ideas from an earlier session were actually their own. d. source monitoring occurs fairly often for visual information, but only rarely for auditory information.