Expectations about their future life course may be partly responsible for differences in school achievement between Latino and Asian American students. Latino students perceive themselves as seeking ____________ goals, whereas Asian American students perceive themselves as fulfilling ____________ expectations for high school achievement
a. social; familial
b. work-related; teachers’
c. personal; peer
d. intrinsic; extrinsic
Answer: A
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According to the research on saccadic eye movements,
a. people reading English are likely to see more letters to the left side of the central letter, rather than to the right side. b. poor readers tend to make more regression movements than good readers do. c. good readers tend to wait longer during the fixation pauses than poor readers do. d. good readers are more likely than poor readers to stop on a white space between two words.
Liora opens her textbook and begins to read. As her eyes scan the page, each word remains in her ____ memory for only one second, just long enough for the next phase of memory to take over.?
a. ?episodic b. ?working c. ?sensory d. ?short-term
Joe has been diagnosed with delirium related to a "bad trip" when he used crack cocaine. It is likely that Joe ____
a. has a substance use problem b. will never use crack again c. will soon die from an overdose d. will develop other cognitive disorders as well