The decline in the overall U.S. high school dropout rate since the mid-2000s is largely due to __________
A) the impact of legislation, such as No Child Left Behind
B) substantial gains in Hispanic teenagers’ graduation rates
C) substantial gains in Native-American teenagers’ graduation rates
D) the availability of high-quality vocational learning opportunities
Answer: B
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Which of the following refers to a statistical technique that uses relationships among variables to hypothesize causal connections?
A. agreeableness B. volunteerism C. path analysis D. extraversion
A twenty-five year old man refuses to visit his grandmother who is seriously ill and near death. Which theory best explains his reluctance to visit?
a. the stage theory of death b. psychosocial theory c. dying trajectory theory d. terror management theory
Paul is so disorganized that his room looks like a tornado went through it. When he gets angry, he often breaks objects and can be very cruel to others. According to Freud, Paul has an __________ personality
a. oral-dependent b. oral-aggressive c. anal-retentive d. anal-expulsive
The Binet scale was originally developed to __________
a. identify children who might have difficulty in school b. identify gifted children c. measure scholastic achievement d. measure the intelligence of normal children