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 parents' characteristics.
C) maltreating parents often lack "lifelines" to others and have no one to turn to in stressful times.
D) contrary to popular belief, low income, low education, and marital conflict do not increase the chances of abuse.
C
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A. using the twin-study method. B. comparing adopted children and biological children to their parents. C. comparing strength of relationship with similarity of personality scores. D. comparing adopted children's personalities with the personalities of their biological parents.
Eduardo is from Brazil. He is fluent in both Portuguese and English
When he uses English to speak to you of his home in Brazil, he seems to have trouble remembering details. Yet when he is speaking Portuguese to another Brazilian, he has no trouble remembering. This phenomenon can be best explained by A) linguistic determinism. B) linguistic relativity. C) extralinguistic information. D) cryptophasia.
Reference points are important in decision making
a. true b. false
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