Which of the following cultures values silence, especially in children, and views children who talk frequently as immature and low in intelligence?

Bereiter and Scardamalia (1982) asked fourth-grade students to compose essays under one of three conditions: typical writing, slow dictation, and standard dictation. In terms of the quality of students' essays, results indicated that ___

a. the typical writing condition was better than the other two conditions b. the slow dictation condition was better than the other two conditions c. the standard dictation condition as better than the other two conditions d. the two dictation conditions were about the same, but better than the typical writing condition

Ursula has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. If PET scans were done to measure her brain's activity,

which area would probably be underactive? A) the hypothalamus and pituitary B) the deepest portions of the brain, the medulla and reticular activating system C) the frontal lobes D) the visual cortex