As compared to Asian students, U.S. students may
A) view academics as only one of many spheres in which they need to achieve.
B) be more focused on the pursuit of academic excellence and feel less conflict from
competing demands.
C) perceive more pressure from their parents to achieve academically.
D) perceive that the major task they face during adolescence is achieving high levels of
academic success.
A
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The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that girls and boys should engage in sports and games, and that ___________.
A. boys should play with boys B. girls should play with girls C. girls and boys should engage in sports and games in mixed-gender groups until puberty D. girls and boys should engage in sports and games in mixed-gender groups through the termination of puberty
Distorted perceptions of stimuli that actually exist is the definition of
a. hallucinations. b. psychosis. c. illusions. d. delusions.
CT, PET, and fMRI are acronyms for
A) genetic codes found to be important to cognitive development. B) system levels within Bronfenbrenner's theory of development. C) different types of information-processing strategies. D) technologies used to study the brain and nervous system.
Researchers were recently surprised to learn that the correlation between the type of clothing people wear when they are not at work and the type of jobs they hold is approximately zero. Based on this, we can conclude that ________
a) people with lower status jobs tend to wear the same clothing both on and off the job b) there is no relationship between the types of clothing worn in non-work settings and the type of work that people do c) people with higher status jobs tend to dress worse when they are not at work d) people with higher status jobs tend to dress better on and off the job