Miriam is in 2nd grade. When her classmates are asked who she is they have difficulty remembering her and find it hard describing her. She is neither liked nor disliked by her classmates, but for the most part, goes unnoticed
From the four categories of social status, Miriam would fall into the category of ____.
a. popular
b. rejected
c. controversial
d. neglected
D. Neglected children are rarely mentioned as either "liked" or "disliked"; other children have trouble remembering who they are. The key phrase is that she is neither liked nor disliked and goes unnoticed.
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A. face, construct
B. construct, face
C. internal, external
D. external, internal
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a. Girls commit more delinquent acts, but are less likely than boys to be caught. b. Delinquents are more likely to live in neighborhoods where crime occurs and thus it seems "normal". c. Family members of delinquent teens have not been found to engage in delinquent behaviors themselves. d. The majority of those who engage in juvenile delinquency are from high socioeconomic status families.
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A. sympathetic nervous system B. parasympathetic nervous system C. somatic nervous system D. autonomic nervous system
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A) the patients but not Dr. Gomez B) Dr. Gomez but not the patients C) neither Dr. Gomez nor the patients D) both Dr. Gomez and the patients