Which of the following is true about learning disorders?
a. They tend to disappear as children reach adulthood.
b. They affect less than 1 percent of the childhood population.
c. They are more common in girls than in boys.
d. none of these
D
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The diplomat gathers evidence that Country X poses a threat, but he does not try to gather evidence that Country X does not pose a threat. This error is called a. the failure to transfer knowledge to a new task. b. the belief-bias effect. c. the anchoring-and-adjustment heuristic. d. the confirmation bias.
The fetal period is marked by the appearance of ______.
A. bone B. muscle tissue C. the brain D. the indifferent gonad
A child is punished for lying to her parents by having her allowance reduced. Behavioral therapists would label this technique as
a. response cost. b. token economy. c. thought stopping. d. overcorrection.
The cognitive-behavioral model suggests that abnormal behavior is the result of ______
a. learning and thinking c. unconscious conflicts b. biology d. biochemical imbalances