According to the article Reach for the Sky about peoples' estimations of their own physical ability, an evolutionary reason why young children overestimate their physical abilities is that:
(a) it allows them to persist at difficult tasks
(b) it protects them from accidents in which they might be injured
(c) it is highly correlated with fewer psychological problems later in life
(d) they have parents who protect them from risks
A
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Individuals with a strong social dominance orientation are least likely to
a. prefer to live in a racially and socially equal society. b. strongly identify with their ingroup. c. want their ingroup to be of higher status than other groups. d. endorse government policies that oppress outgroups.
Time-out is not appropriate to use with problem behaviors maintained by ___________ or ___________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Ian's mother tells him to stop watching TV and do his homework. Ian then begins to whine about wanting to watch more TV to the point that his mother gives in and lets him watch more TV as long as he stops whining. Consequently, Ian's whining behavior increases in frequency. This sequence is best described as a. punishment
b. counterimitation. c. direct instruction. d. a negative reinforcement trap.
Somatoform disorders are characterized by
a. a disturbance in expression of emotions. b. a complaint of physical problems such as paralysis, pain, or a persistent belief that one has a serious disease when one does not exist. c. the separation of mental processes such as thoughts, emotions, identity, memory, or consciousness. d. disturbances in thought and language, perception and attention, motor activity, and mood, as well as withdrawal and absorption in daydreams and fantasy.