John and Sarah are both adolescents who experienced severe neglect as infants and toddlers. John has dropped out of high school and developed a significant substance abuse problem, while Sarah is class president and an honor roll student. This is an example of the concept of equifinality
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
F
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Regarding people with an antisocial personality disorder, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. It is difficult to treat people with this disorder because they often pretend to be cured and then return to their former behavior patterns as soon as possible. b. The brainwaves of people with this disorder suggest their brains may be underaroused requiring them to seek stimulation strong enough to overcome their chronic feelings of "boredom.". c. Symptoms of this disorder tend to increase, becoming much worse after the age of 40. d. People with this disorder do not seem to be disturbed by grisly or unpleasant photographs or to emotion-laden words as do normal people.
Intellectual abilities sometimes rise, sometimes remain stable, and sometimes decline with age
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Chris finds an advertisement online for a self-help program designed to "help you relax so you can tackle all of life's challenges." The premise of the program is that "being too high strung" negatively affects people's performance, so learning to relax will always help you do better in situations. Is this claim correct?
A. No, high arousal can improve performance if doing an easy, well-practiced task. B. No, high arousal is always needed to improve performance in any situation. C. Yes, reducing arousal will always lead to better performance in any situation. D. Yes, especially with difficult tasks, low arousal produces the best performance.
What differences did Jean Piaget observe in children's thinking between the preoperational stage and the concrete operations stage?
What will be an ideal response?