At a carnival game, you'll win a prize if you pick a rubber duck out of a pool that has a red dot on the bottom. If only 3 ducks out of 95 present have such a dot, what is your probability of winning a prize?
What will be an ideal response?
3/95 = 0.03 (or 3%)
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Which of the following is NOT an alternative to layoffs?
a. Use of temporary employees b. Outsourcing c. Both are alternatives d. Neither is an alternative
According to the textbook, what three things do theories do?
tell researchers how to ask questions, give definitive answers to problems give guidance on moral questions, generate discoveries, give solutions to problems produce hypotheses, generate discoveries, offer practical guidance offer practical guidance, concretely explain all aspects of development, produce hypotheses
What can adults do to ensure that children appropriately cope with stress?
What will be an ideal response?
According to your text, which statement about adopted children is true?
A) Adopted children have fewer adjustment problems once they are old enough to understand that their adoption means that they were "chosen." B) Children who are adopted by the age of 6 months, with no history of institutionalization or abuse, are generally indistinguishable from nonadopted children. C) Children who are adopted by age 10 are indistinguishable from nonadopted children, provided that they are adopted into loving homes. D) Only 10% of adoptive children who come from abusive backgrounds ever actually have problems later on.