​Several years ago, a major ketchup manufacturer experimented with selling ketchup in different colors, including green, purple, and others. The idea was that kids would be excited by different colors, even though extensive blind taste tests indicated that the flavors of the different products were identical. The product failed and was discontinued after only a few years. Children just did not seem to be able to accept that it was still ketchup even though it was not red. This sort of reliance on the appearance of an object is most typical of ____ children.

​Why is it that malnourished children are often quiet and express little interest in what goes on around them?

​Three-year-old Maxim is playing with his toys happily as his mother is watching a movie. He looks up to see a few tears running down his mother’s cheeks, because a sad scene just occurred in the film. He puts down his toys, climbs up next to his mother, and lays his head on her arm. When she asks him what’s wrong, he says, “I’m sad, Mommy.” Maxim has demonstrated the capacity to experience

​According to a research study described in your textbook, parents are more likely to encourage

​Which of the following represents the correct path a neural impulse travels from start to finish of a neuron?

​Jack and Jill are twins. Because he is a boy, Jack’s parents encourage him to run. However, they discourage Jill from engaging in athletic activity. As a result, Jack is much faster at running up a hill than Jill. The difference in Jack and Jill’s behavior is best explained by

​Which of the following children would be described as being of “average” height and weight at birth?

​Young Jean observes that her mother often cooks dinner, while her father is responsible for taking out the trash and mowing the lawn. She is learning ____ that are associated with men and women.

​When a measure being used in a research study produces a consistent index of a characteristic, it would be described as being

​Research has found that when parents use a(n) ____ style to help their children expand on their descriptions of events, they will have earlier memories of childhood when they reach adolescence.