According to Chapter 3, which of the following has been found to be associated with a higher likelihood of being an adult offender?
A. gastro-intestinal disorder
B. higher than average IQ
C. attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
D. hyperlexia
C
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A study on child-rearing practices in different cultures and their effects on personality concluded that:
a. restrictive parental practices adversely affected the mental health and emotional well-being of Arab teenagers. b. the effect child-rearing practices have on the development of personality is neutralized by the time an individual reaches adolescence. c. parents in individualistic cultures tended to be noncoercive, democratic, and permissive. d. Chinese mothers living in Canada were found to be less authoritarian in raising their children than non-Chinese mothers in Canada.
_______________ said that there is a collective unconscious shared by all human beings, containing universal memories, symbols, and images that are the legacy of human history
a. Carl Jung b. Sigmund Freud c. Karen Horney d. Raymond Cattell
A recent television documentary concluded that, from birth, girls are more nurturing than are boys. You agree with this because you believe nurturing is an evolutionary trait passed on through the generations, because females needed to be more nurturing to aid the survival of the species. Your view reflects the _____ perspective of development.
A. ideological B. clinical C. ethological D. theological
A researcher would like to study the effects of smoking on respiratory functioning. There are two groups: participants who smoke one pack a day and participants who smoke two. This is a ______ study
a. correlational b. quasi-experimental c. independent variables d. true experimental