Janet is reading a storybook aloud to her 2-year-old daughter,Abigail.Abigail's father says,"Why are you bothering? It's not like she's going to learn to read from that." What would you tell Abigail's father about reading to preschoolers?

A) He's right;it doesn't matter whether parents read to their preschoolers.
B) He's right;children whose parents read aloud to them too early lose interest in books.
C) He's wrong;children whose parents read to them as preschoolers tend to be better readers in elementary school.
D) He's wrong;children whose parents read to them by age 2 are skilled readers by age 4.

The two cerebral hemispheres in which specialized work teams that enable our perceiving,thinking,and speaking are referred to as the

A) cerebrum.
B) frontal lobe.
C) motor cortex.
D) somatosensory cortex.

Which two types of memories are both considered to be divisions of declarative memory

A)  prospective and procedural
B)  semantic and procedural 
C)  prospective and episodic
D)  semantic and episodic

Adolescents report using which type of contraception during their first and most recent sexual intercourses?

A) birth control pills
B) spermicide
C) intrauterine device
D) condoms

During the first two years of life, the number of interconnections between neurons ________.

A) decreases slightly
B) increases slightly
C) decreases dramatically
D) increases dramatically

A slap on the back is more painful than a pat on the back because a slap triggers

A) the release of endorphins.
B) more intense neural impulses.
C) the release of GABA.
D) more neurons to fire,and to fire more often.