Regarding spanking, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Most children show no signs of long-term damage from spanking if it is backed up by supportive parenting.
b. Emotional damage does occur if spankings are severe, frequent, or coupled with harsh parenting.
c. Frequent spankings tend to decrease aggression and reduce problem behaviors.
d. Antispanking laws have been passed in a number of countries around the world.
C
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a. if a child is aggressive, the parents were not active enough in parenting. b. if new skills are not regularly used, they will disappear. c. we are naturally more active when young and become more passive with age. d. children play an important role in shaping their own development.
If we say that bipolar disorder has a concordance rate of 85 percent in monozygotic twins, we mean that a. 85 percent of the time bipolar disorder is the result of genetic influences shared by monozygotic twins
b. if one monozygotic (identical) twin has bipolar disorder, his or her twin has an 85 percent chance of being diagnosed with the disorder as well. c. 85 percent of the time, bipolar disorder cannot be explained by genetic variables, even in monozygotic twins. d. a parent with bipolar disorder has an 85 percent chance of passing the disorder to his or her monozygotic twins.
The lobe of the cerebral cortex that receives and coordinates messages from the other three lobes of the cortex is the ______ lobe
a. occipital b. temporal c. parietal d. frontal
Research on infant attachment of the Dogon people of Mali, Africa, revealed no one showed __________ attachment to their mothers
A) resistant B) avoidant C) secure D) disorganized/disoriented