What is control theory, and how does it relate to parenting strategies?
What will be an ideal response?
Control theory holds that children's behavior can influence the intensity of a parent's response. Thus, when a child pushes his or her behavior to the limits, parents respond with more forceful and firmer techniques.
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Mr. P. told his therapist that he intends to shoot his ex-wife's new husband, and the therapist kept this information confidential. Lawyers are now suing the therapist because Mr. P. did shoot the new husband, as well as his ex-wife. What legal precedents will the plaintiff's attorneys probably use in the case?
a. Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California b. those cases dealing with the right to refuse treatment c. O'Connor v. Donaldson and Wyatt v. Stickney d. those cases dealing with least restrictive environment
Four-year-old Lenny has invented an imaginary companion, an invisible octopus named Squiggy. How would a Piagetian most likely react to Lenny's behavior?
a. He might suspect that Lenny is cognitively and socially advanced. b. He would see it as a sign of possible mental illness. c. He would suggest that Lenny cannot decenter from an object. d. He would state that it is impossible for a child that young to create any imaginary companions.
A central concept behind the field of health psychology is that
A) psychologists should treat the body before they treat the mind. B) certain behaviors and psychological traits can have an effect on your health. C) mental health problems are the result of untreated physical ailments. D) psychologists should treat patients in the same way physicians treat physical disease.
While shopping for new wallpaper for your child's bathroom, you are attracted to a very "busy" pattern of cartoon characters that are dancing all over the wall. Because there are multiple features to attend to in this stimulus,
which type of feature detectors are being stimulated in your eyes? a. Complex cells b. Fusiform cells c. Simple cells d. Hypercomplex cells