The process that controls our awareness of particular categories of events to the exclusion

of others, is called

a. consciousness.
b. perception.
c. selective attention.
d. cognition.
e. subvocal articulation.

c. selective attention.

Psychology

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Research has found that "baby talk" is

confined to females; males do not use it. characterized by a high pitch, simple vocabulary, and short sentences. unique to English-speaking parents. characterized by a lower pitch and use of nonsense words.

Psychology

Your sister has a child who seems to have a disorganized-disoriented attachment with her. She feels horribly about this situation and is not sure how it happened. What should you tell her?

She could be under suspicion of child abuse. || This attachment style is most likely due to difficulties in neurological development and has nothing to do with her care-giving skills. || She should probably not have any more children. || She should have the child institutionalized for the good of the family. || || ||

Psychology