Which of the four parenting styles is associated with low levels of parent-adolescent conflict and promotes favorable adjustment in teenagers? Explain why this is so.
What will be an ideal response?
Authoritative parents' use of open discussion, joint decision-making, and firm but fair limit-setting helps adolescents feel valued, respected, and encouraged to think for themselves. Some conflict is conducive to adolescent development, helping adolescents learn to regulate emotions and resolve conflicts. Developmentally supportive conflict is coupled with acceptance, respect, and autonomy support.
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A. Source traits B. Secondary traits C. Background traits D. Subordinate traits
Empathy refers to
a. vicariously experiencing another's feelings. b. reading minds. c. being able to resist temptation. d. knowing that someone holds a false belief.
What is the major goal in treating dissociative identity disorder (DID)?
a. fusing and completely integrating the individual personalities b. integrating all personalities such that they work together c. giving the client permission to see the personalities as different aspects his/her personality d. having the client incorporate each personality appropriately into daily life
With respect to genetic determinants of mental disorders, a pleiotropic effect is one in which:
A) a single gene is associated with a mental disorder. B) multiple genes interact to produce a mental disorder. C) multiple genes interact with one another and the environment to produce a mental disorder. D) a single gene is associated with multiple mental disorders.