Define a throwaway and identify at least three reasons adolescents become throwaways
What will be an ideal response?
A throwaway is a youth who does not leave home willingly, but is forced to leave because of the behavior of
parents or guardians. Reasons adolescents become throwaways include: they are told to leave home; their parents
make home life so difficult that they feel they have no other choice except leaving; parents are physically or
sexually abusive; parental rejection because of substance abuse or behavioral problems; little or no parental
support; parental drug abuse; psychological abuse or no emotional encouragement from parents.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association: a. Removed homosexuality from its list of psychiatric disorders
b. Added homosexuality to its list of psychiatric disorders. c. Released a report on the well-being of children with gay parents. d. Concluded that homosexuality was caused by environmental factors.
One of the many reasons for getting an education is because
a. long-term memory is almost "filled up" by age 25 so it is important to "fill it up" with important information. b. long-term memory is stored mainly by sound (phonetically), and most education is transmitted orally in lectures. c. the more you know, the easier it becomes to add new information to one's long-term memory. d. it prevents the procedural long-term memories from being lost due to disuse.
The ventral-dorsal stream of the occipital-parietal lobe is also known as the:
A. when-where pathway B. why-what pathway C. where-why pathway D. what-where pathway E. when-who pathway