Which of the following statements is true of gender differences in cognitive abilities?
A) Girls usually outperform boys on many types of visual-spatial tasks.
B) Historically, it has been believed that female adolescents generally outperform males in mathematics.
C) Girls in the United States are more likely than boys to have reading problems.
D) As a group, females surpass males in verbal ability throughout their lives.
D
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a. right to personal privacy, the right to receive treatment, and the right to legal representation. b. right to treatment, the right to refuse treatment, and the right to end one's life. c. right to treatment itself, the right to refuse treatment, and the right to the least restrictive treatment. d. right to legal counsel, the right to refuse treatment, and the right to be protected.
The case history method involves:
a. the study of typical differences in personality between people. b. assessment of the impact of independent variables on given dependent variables. c. intensive study of a person's behavior over a period of time and in many different situations. d. correlation between two variables in the person's life history that the therapist deems important.
Higher _____ levels are associated with greater dominance and control of other people
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Which type of child–teacher relationship is most likely to lead to a negative self-fulfilling prophecy?
A) a quiet, withdrawn student with a teacher in a constructivist classroom B) a low-achieving student with a teacher who publicly compares children C) a high-achieving student with a teacher in a traditional classroom D) a low-achieving student with a teacher in a constructivist classroom