Which of the following is true of Lewis Terman's longitudinal research on gifted individuals?
a) Many had mild to moderate depression and anxiety.
b) Many had quirky personalities.
c) Most were emotionally stable.
d) Most had fair to poor common sense.
Answer: c
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a. phenotype. b. genotype. c. shared environmental influence. d. concordance rate.
Many disorders with children are first identified__________
a. during a yearly check with the child's pediatrician b. by relatives of the child c. when the child enters school d. when the child is found to have trouble making friends
Which of the following is not a measure for reliability?
a. Split half b. Alternate forms c. Test–retest d. Double scale
All of the following are true statements about pharmacological interventions for
eating disorders except: a. There is little systematic research on the effectiveness of medication in the treatment of anorexia. b. Pharmacological interventions are relatively ineffective at treating the core symptoms of eating disorders. c. One study found that weight changes, depressive symptoms, and attitudes about weight and body shape were equivalent in a group of women with anorexia who were given Prozac and a group who were given a placebo. d. Tricyclic antidepressants may be effective to treat bulimia, but there is little evidence that they are effective to treat anorexia. e. The addition of SSRIs to cognitive behavioral therapy for bulimia has been found to boost the effectiveness of that treatment.