Research on overcoming our cognitive biases shows that people tend to be equally irrational in all situations

Your best friend comes to you, visibly excited

"I just couldn't wait to tell you the big news. I'm pregnant," she screams. She is clearly overjoyed by the news, and goes on to tell you, "It is SO amazing. The doctor says I'm about 6 weeks pregnant, and I already feel SO different!" Wanting to show off your new knowledge of developmental psychology and the prenatal stages, you smugly reply, "It is just so great that your child is in the _____ of development because its organs are just starting to develop!" A) embryonic B) fetal C) zygotic D) germinal

Because of the stigma that accompanies the designation "mentally retarded" it may be

advantageous to replace the term with cognitive or __________ disability. a. age-specific b. intellectual c. personal d. performance e. adjustment