Which statement concerning math and culture is true?
a. American children score near the top on international tests assessing math
b. Japanese and Taiwanese students spend significantly more time in school and have more homework than do children in the United States.
c. American parents tend to set higher academic achievement standards than Asian parents.
d. Japanese and Taiwanese parents more likely tend to believe that heredity (not hard work) leads to mathematic success.
b
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a. It pertains to everyone in the population b. It pertains to people who appear to be at risk for a problem. c. It identifies problems and stops them from getting worse. d. It is available to those people who decide they want it.
Incorrectly estimating that the odds of two uncertain events happening together are greater than the odds of either event happening alone is known as the
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a. postconventional b. preconventional c. conventional d. unconventional e. formal operational