The public and many professionals use the term child abuse to refer to both abuse and neglect; developmentalists increasingly use the term

A. child battery.
B. child assault.
C. child maltreatment.
D. child neglect.


Answer: C

Psychology

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A therapist who is working with Asian American female clients is likely to find that

a. family members believe that the woman should be subservient. b. therapy is more likely to succeed than with White female clients. c. these women are more likely than White females to use mental health services. d. the different Asian American subgroups are actually very similar to each other, as far as attitudes about psychotherapy.

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While researchers feel it is more ethical for animals to experience suffering than humans, animal rights activists argue that this is an unacceptable and biased viewpoint called ______.

A. racism B. ethical blindness C. speciesism D. deception

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The Hippocratics believed that hysteria afflicted only:?

a. ?women b. ?men c. ?children d. ?the mentally ill

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When thinking about GREs, applying to graduate school, and studying for mid-terms, Nichole starts to have sweaty palms and a racing heart. It is MOST probable that Nichole is responding to

a. T cells. b. the pressure. c. stressors. d. lymphocytes. e. cytokines.

Psychology