Questions from Infants and Children

Q: Imagine that you must counsel a couple considering in vitro fertilization using

Imagine that you must counsel a couple considering in vitro fertilization using donor ova to overcome infertility. What medical and ethical risks would you raise?

Q: Is the concept of authoritative child rearing useful for understanding effective parenting

Is the concept of authoritative child rearing useful for understanding effective parenting across cultures? Explain.

Q: What style do gifted children who realize their potential typically experience?

What style do gifted children who realize their potential typically experience? Explain.

Q: Explain how factors that promote resilience contribute to children’s favourable adjustment following

Explain how factors that promote resilience contribute to children’s favourable adjustment following divorce.

Q: Why is it ethically important for researchers to offer the intervention to

Why is it ethically important for researchers to offer the intervention to the no-intervention control group after completion of the study?

Q: Gilbert’s genetic makeup is homozygous for dark hair. Jan’s is homozygous

Gilbert’s genetic makeup is homozygous for dark hair. Jan’s is homozygous for blond hair. What proportion of their children are likely to be dark-haired? Explain.

Q: Rhonda and Mark, a career-oriented couple in their early

Rhonda and Mark, a career-oriented couple in their early thirties, are thinking about having a baby. What factors should they keep in mind as they decide whether to add to their family at this time in...

Q: On seeing her new-born baby for the first time,

On seeing her new-born baby for the first time, Caroline exclaimed, “Why is she so out of proportion?” What observations prompted Caroline to ask this question? Explain why her baby’s appearance is ad...

Q: Which infant enrichment program would you choose: one that emphasizes gentle

Which infant enrichment program would you choose: one that emphasizes gentle talking and touching and social games, or one that includes reading and number drills and classical music lessons? Explain....

Q: Several times, after her father hid a teething biscuit under a

Several times, after her father hid a teething biscuit under a red cup, 12-month-old Mimi retrieved it easily. Then Mimi’s father hid the biscuit under a nearby yellow cup. Why did Mimi persist in sea...