Much research on development uses a cross-sectional design, in which groups of participants of different ages are observed and compared at a given time
a. true
b. false
Answer: a. true
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The World Health Organization uses the term traditional medicine to refer to treatments that do not originate within a reference culture
a) True b) False
Rose has just moved to a new city. Her first friends are most likely to be people:
a. she talks with at the grocery store b. who ride the bus with her to work c. she passes on her morning walks d. who live near her in her apartment building
Jeremy, age four, saw homemade brownies cooling on the counter. First, he tried to climb up on his tricycle and fell off. Next, he dragged a kitchen chair over to the counter and successfully reached the brownies. A week later, again he saw brownies cooling on the counter. This time he went straight for the chair and climbed up. Based on Thorndike’s research, this is an example of ____
a. the law of exercise c. operant conditioning b. classical conditioning d. the law of effect
Which of the following statements regarding adolescents' work hours and types of jobs is NOT true?
A. Many students work in restaurants. B. About 20 percent of students work in offices doing clerical work. C. About 10 percent of students work in unskilled labor. D. Almost 10 percent of employed twelfth-grade students work more than 30 hours each week during the school year.