Jake is an autistic 8-year-old boy whose parents have just been informed that their son will be placed in a regular classroom and provided with whatever special support he needs. Jake's parents should
A. insist on a special education classroom since research suggests this is best for autistic children
B. consider changing schools because it is obvious that Jake's school knows nothing about the needs of autistic children
C. be relieved that Jake's autism must be very mild since the school would not place a child with significant autistic deficits in a regular classroom
D. be pleased since research suggests that regular classroom placement is best for autistic children
D. be pleased since research suggests that regular classroom placement is best for autistic children
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a) authoritarian parents b) authoritative parents c) uninvolved parents d) permissive parents
Sam had been sick since he was a young child. He was rushed to the hospital by his desperately concerned mother. Although his mother was praised by the hospital personnel for her attentiveness, the doctors discovered that the mother had been injecting her son with 7-up to make him sick so she could get attention and sympathy from medical personnel and be considered a "concerned, devoted" mother
Sam's mother would most likely be diagnosed with a. Munchausen syndrome by proxy. b. an obsessive-compulsive disorder. c. Prader-Willis syndrome. d. a conversion disorder.
J. Michael Bailey and his colleagues have performed a number of studies of twins to determine the ____
a. genetic basis of homosexuality b. possible influence of birth order on sexual orientation c. how stress can influence the sexual orientation of a fetus d. how sexual orientation may be influenced by levels of prenatal hormones
A person undergoing hypnosis can do all of the following EXCEPT
a. be alert. b. be tense. c. be involved in an activity in addition to hypnosis. d. have his or her eyes open. e. decrease her or his hypnotic susceptibility.