The decision in the Painter v. Bannister case illustrates
A. an application of the tender-years doctrine.
B. the empirical basis for a custody decision.
C. the discretion that judges have in evaluating the parents' acceptability for custody.
D. a typical custody decision, as a result of two parents getting divorced.
C
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The attitudes of students in Theodore Newcomb's famous Bennington College study were highly influenced by
a. physical proximity. b. direct contact. c. the need for consistency. d. reference group membership.
For girls in the United States, the first signs of puberty usually occur around age
A) eight. B) ten. C) twelve. D) fourteen.
Matthew is a school administrator tasked with shortening class times for students amid reports that students aren't paying attention for the entirety of their classes. He decides to institute shorter 45-minute classes in elementary schools but is unsure whether this change is also needed in the middle and high schools. According to research on information processing, should this change be expanded to these other two school levels?
A. Yes, attention span does not improve until middle adulthood and everyone prior to this age experiences similar difficulties in sustained attention. B. Yes, but only to middle schools because after this age teenagers are progressively better able to sustain their attention. C. No, only children less than eight-years-old have difficulty maintaining attention for significant periods of time. D. No, research shows that older students do better with fewer subjects per day, taught over longer class periods.
Which of the following explains why avoidant children act unconcerned when they are separated from their mother in a strange situation?