A more contemporary and preferred term for "mental retardation" is
A. mental debilitation
B. intellectual disability
C. intellectual debilitation
D. intellectual retardation
B
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Turiel (2008) collected observations of children at school in which they violated moral rules or social-conventional rules. Later the same day, he asked each child to explain whether something was a violation or not. A month later the same children were given hypothetical stories involving very similar situations as what had happened at school. In their responses to these stories, children __________.
A. were able to explain moral violations but not violations of social conventions B. were able to explain violations of social conventions but not moral violations C. engaged in more sophisticated reasoning about the hypothetical stories than about the real-life incidents D. were able in both real-life and hypothetical scenarios to reason appropriately about both moral and social-conventional issues
Brittany practices mediation because she read research that it lowers her blood pressure and improves her mood and well-being. Her friend who is taking psychology suggests Brittany should consider
a. that research proves the benefits of meditation. b. sampling bias and placebo effects might be affecting the research results. c. the danger of increasing depression when meditating. d. all of these.
What is the crisis experienced in Erikson’s sixth stage of psychosocial development? How did Betty resolve this stage? What was the outcome of the crisis? Was it favorable or unfavorable?
What will be an ideal response?
Which statement concerning how much sleep people need is correct?
A. Most older people need at least ten hours. B. Men need more sleep than women. C. The average adult needs about seven to eight hours of sleep a night. D. Women need more sleep than men.