Even among high-achieving students who get good grades, what factors appear to prevent a decline in engagement with school during the high school years?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The two most important factors are having a positive teacher-student relationship and being exposed to challenging material that is relevant to students’ lives.
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What are some of the normal worries, anxieties, and rituals/routines of children?
What will be an ideal response?
Teaching individuals a variety of different ways in which they can achieve the same outcome is referred to as teaching:
a. self-generated mediators of generalization b. skills that contact natural contingencies of reinforcement c. instances of generalization d. a range of functionally equivalent responses
Jerry is severely overweight. He asks his doctor whether injections of the hormone called leptin would be an effective treatment for his obesity. His doctor will probably inform him that a leptin injection
A. would not be effective because leptin has no role in regulating body fat. B. is effective in helping most obese people lose weight and body fat. C. would reduce his weight but would negatively affect his muscle tissue. D. is not very effective in reducing weight for most obese individuals.
A day care director observes the separations and reunions of preschool children and their parents. The director is interested in
a. parenting styles. c. maturity level. b. affectionate patterns of contact comfort. d. patterns of attachment.