Parental conflict affects children's development through three distinct mechanisms. Which of the following is NOT one of these mechanisms?
a. When parents are constantly in conflict, children respond positively to conflict because they learn that the family is able to withstand life's problems.
b. Seeing parents fight jeopardizes a child's feeling that the family is stable and secure, making a child feel anxious, frightened, and sad.
c. Chronic conflict between parents often spills over into the parent-child relationship.
d. When parents invest time and energy fighting with each other, they're often too tired or too preoccupied to invest themselves in high-quality parenting.
a
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A) the snakes and pass this on to other monkeys via a diffusion chain. B) both the snakes and the flowers and pass this on to other monkeys via a diffusion chain. C) both the snakes and flowers but only pass the fear of snakes to other monkeys via a diffusion chain. D) both the snakes and flowers but do not pass the fear of either to other monkeys.
Which of the following types of media multitasking do U.S. teenagers report engaging in most frequently?
A) watching television while listening to music and doing homework B) listening to music while doing homework C) talking on the phone while surfing the Internet D) text-messaging while doing homework
Whether a person can be hypnotized or not depends mainly on
a. the skill of the hypnotist. b. the willingness of the person to be hypnotized. c. the intelligence level of the person to be hypnotized. d. how well the person and hypnotist can fake the "hypnosis."
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A. lower B. higher C. no D. equally high