How would a parent utilize guided participation to improve the math skills of her child?
a. Encourage him or her to play a math-based computer game
b. Buy him or her a study guide on math.
c. Encourage him or her to find and solve math problems in everyday life (e.g., the number of eggs in a carton).
d. Have him or her play a series of math games with a more math-skilled sibling.
d
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Payne found that as people eliminated alternatives in a choice task they shifted from
a. a more demanding strategy to a less demanding strategy. b. a less demanding strategy to a more demanding strategy. c. a low-risk strategy to a high-risk strategy. d. a high-risk strategy to a low-risk strategy.
A study in your textbook establishes an important relationship between genetic variations and life experiences in the etiology of depression. Results indicate that
a. known genetic differences in combination with negative life events greatly increase the likelihood that people will experience depression. b. only people's life events increase the likelihood that they will experience depression. c. genetic variations solely account for the likelihood of depression that people will experience. d. there is no relationship between genetic variation and life experiences regarding the etiology of depression.
Vanna's mother is ill and Vanna is feeling overwhelmed and sad. To cope with this stress of her mother's illness, Vanna has been writing her feelings down in a journal. Vanna is using:
a) problem-focused coping. b) emotion-focused coping. c) distraction. d) reappraisal.
If current trends continue, when will the worldwide total fertility rate (TFR) reach replacement rate?
a. 2020 b. 2050 c. 2080 d. 3010