Your classmate has a son who just turned 4, whom she disciplines with physical punishment. It appears to her that her discipline style is not getting the results she wants-her son's better behavior-and asks your opinion regarding physical punishment. You tell her that longitudinal research has discovered that physical punishment is associated with __________, though outcomes vary depending on cultural context.
A. bullying and delinquency in the teens and spousal abuse in adulthood
B. strong will and character in adulthood
C. development of self-control and educational attainment in adulthood
D. severe psychological problems including psychosis
Answer: A
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Which behavior indicates that Mandy is using a knowledge-transforming strategy when writing her psychology term paper?
a. When she sounds out the letters to words that she does not know how to spell b. When she begins by writing down any ideas about psychology that pop into her mind c. When, before she writes anything, she decides that the point of the paper would be to make her psychology teacher mad d. When she considers how fun it would be to skip the paper and head to the beach
You leave your six-month-old infant with a familiar babysitter. The babysitter calls you to say that the baby is crying and will not stop. Your infant's behavior is characteristic of the __________ phase of attachment
a. initial pre-attachment c. attachment-in-the-making b. ambivalent d. clear-cut-attachment
Vygotsky defines ___ as the difference between what a child can do alone and what that child can do with help.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Adjacent retinal receptors activate adjacent cells in the visual cortex, a phenomenon called a:
a. Tonotopic map b. Somatosensory map c. Retinotopic map d. Geniculotopic map