Jim's roommate has difficulty sleeping after consuming heavily caffeinated drinks. Jim suggests that his roommate's insomnia reflects the action of caffeine on brain function-increasing arousal and lessening the ability to sleep. This explanation is a __________.
A. reduction
B. generalization
C. induction
D. falsification
Answer: A
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A. thalamus B. cones C. visual association areas D. primary visual cortex
According to the Monitoring the Future study, low-income black and Hispanic students spent longer hours working outside school than higher-income white and Asian students, and yet were less likely than the latter to show negative outcomes such as substance use and declining grades. Interviews with the students indicated a possible reason for this finding, which is that the low-income students
a. typically seek to earn spending money rather than helping out their families. b. were more likely to view both job and school as part of their long-term goals, such as saving money to go to college. c. were less mature and hence less likely to get into trouble on the job. d. were less able to balance work hours with schoolwork.
Preschoolers with developmental delays need to be treated like their typically developing peers.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Marriage to a child’s biological father by an unmarried single mother benefits children only when ________
A) the child has not displayed adjustment problems B) the mother has already overcome financial hardship C) the child has reached middle childhood D) the father is a reliable source of economic and emotional support