Describe two reasons why some adolescents do not develop critical thinking skills
What will be an ideal response?
Critical thinking requires effort, and adolescents may lack the motivation to implement critical thinking skills. Also,
critical thinking develops as a result of experiences, and traditional educational practices do not focus on the
development of critical thinking skills.
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a. be fun b. have cool toys c. be loyal and stick up for them d. be willing to converse about sensitive personal information
A psychiatrist is interested in comparing two different drugs to treat depression in a sample of patients. Because the drugs may differ in terms of both their effectiveness and side effects, patients are randomly assigned to the two drug conditions. Randomly assigning patients to groups satisfies which feature of ethical research?
A) external validity B) beneficence C) being just D) respecting people
A disadvantage in showing people examples before asking them to generate unusual products is that people
a. ignore the examples. b. spend too much time studying the examples. c. produce products that are too similar to the examples. d. produce products that are too different from the examples.
Same-gender playgroups occur in about 30 to 40% of 2- to 3-year-olds. What percentage of same-gender playgroups are present during middle childhood?
94% 72% 30 to 40% 12%