What are some of the effects of poverty on families and adolescents?
What will be an ideal response?
Poverty increases levels of depression for parents, intensifies arguments between parents and adolescents, and may
also lead to marital conflict and shaky marriages. Parents may be focused on their own difficulties, and
consequently spend less time providing direct care to their adolescents. Parenting practices may be more harsh and
inconsistent when parents are under economic strain.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Regarding research on gender differences in emotion, which of the following is FALSE
a. Women tend to be better than men at expressing their feelings in both words and facial expressions. b. Men tend to be less effective than women in recognizing happy and sad faces. c. Men tend to be more effective than women in recognizing angry faces. d. Women tend to smile more than men. e. Women seem to be better at recognizing happy, sad, and angry faces than men.
Children first begin to generate simple spoken sentences at the early age of about ____ months
a. two b. 12 c. 18 d. 36
Which of the following is not one of the hypotheses scientists accept as a reason why humans maintain a body temperature around 37°C?
A. Being warm allows humans to be ready for movement at all times. B. Being too much warmer would cause human proteins to break down. C. The warm temperature allows our muscles to work more with less fatigue. D. A lower temperature would cause the immune system to go out of control.