Research on child maltreatment shows that __________
A) strangers commit more than 60 percent of abusive incidents
B) abuse depends more strongly on child factors than on parental characteristics
C) maltreating parents are often isolated from both formal and informal social supports
D) maltreating parents are highly skilled at establishing and maintaining positive relationships
Answer: C
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a. personal information a perceiver has about a target. b. motivation of the perceiver. c. age of the perceiver. d. cognitive resources available to the perceiver.
If the heritability of height is calculated to be .80, this means 80 percent of ____
a. ?your physical height is due to genes, and the other 20 percent is due to environment b. ?people studied have the same genes for height c. ?the differences in height among people are due to genes d. ?your genes for height have been activated
Which of the affirmative action strategies would involve an employer changing the company policy or the way an organization is decorated?
a. Identification of discriminatory practices b. Preferential hiring and promotion of minorities c. Recruitment of minority applicants d. Recruiting through employee referrals
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A) stress B) motivation C) cognition D) intelligence