Which of the following statements about child sexual abuse is true?
A) Children with disabilities are abused less than their typically developing peers.
B) Sexual abuse is committed against children of both sexes, but more often against girls.
C) Most cases begin in middle childhood and are not reported until adulthood.
D) Typically, the abuser is a nonrelative whom the child does not know very well.
Answer: B
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b. experience-dependent growth. c. experience-expectant growth. d. waking activity.
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a. ?not been conducted on a large enough scale to know whether a prejudice exists b. ?shown that overweight people are viewed more favorably than normal weight people c. ?shown that weight does not influence the views we hold about others d. ?shown that overweight people are viewed less favorably than normal weight people
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a. conservation c. object permanence b. sensorimotor memory d. egocentrism
If a scientist wanted to know more about how neurons are organized, how they communicate in varying combinations, and how they are involved in producing different patterns of behavior, she would most likely focus her research on
A. feedback systems. B. neurotransmitters. C. postsynaptic potentials. D. neural networks.