​Alissa is a 41-year-old, married, professional woman who has just found out that she is pregnant with her third child. According to your textbook, which of the following conditions is her baby at higher risk of due to Alissa’s age?

​Maternal stress is most likely to negatively impact a developing embryo/fetus when that stress is

​The direction of a relationship between two variables is indicated by the ____ of the correlation coefficient.

​The fact that a teen growing up during the Vietnam War will develop in a different manner than a teen growing up during the Iraq War is best explained in terms of

​Dalton is a six-month-old baby who is watching the faces of his parents and their friends as they sit around the dinner table. From his mother’s arms, he has a good view of each diner’s expression. Which dinner guest would probably draw the most of Dalton’s attention?

​All acts of altruistic and cooperative behavior are also

​Marion has learned that whenever she cries in a specific way, her parents will give her the attention that she is seeking. Therefore she cries in that way whenever she wants that attention. The process of ____ conditioning has led to this outcome.

​Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of general risk factors identified by scientists for pregnant women and their babies?

​On the hit reality television show, “Hell’s Kitchen,” contestants vying for a position of Executive Chef at a posh restaurant are often placed in circumstances where their culinary skills are tested in creative and novel ways. According to ____, the one most likely to succeed would be the one whose skills are most fully consistent with the tasks laid before them.

​Meltzoff and Moore’s controversial finding that three-week-olds would stick out their tongues to match an adult performing the same act has been used to support the notion of early life