Ethan, a 5-year-old with autism spectrum disorder, often rocks back and forth repetitively. He also gets upset if he cannot follow each step of his familiar routines. A possible source of repetitive or ritualistic behavior is ____.?
a. ?a failure to develop a normal theory of mind
b. ?a general dysfunction in sensory networks
c. ?slow development of language skills
d. ?a low level of energy
ANSWER:
b
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A simple experiment has two groups of subjects called the
a. dependent group and the independent group. b. extraneous group and the independent group. c. before group and the after group. d. control group and the experimental group.
Buster graduated from high school but never went on to college. His friend Butch dropped out of high school right before graduation. Which of the following statistics would apply to Buster and Butch?
Butch is 50 percent more likely to have serious hearing loss than Buster. Buster and Butch are both likely to earn only minimum wage. As long as Butch completes his GED, he will probably make as much money as Buster. Buster is more likely than Butch to die from heart disease.
Whenever the F-ratio is near 1.00 it means that:
a. a mistake has been made in the computation. b. there are large systematic effects present. c. the experimental manipulation probably had the predicted effects. d. the between-groups variation is no larger than would be expected by chance alone and no larger than the within groups variance.
Epistemic cognition
A) refers to our reflections on how we arrive at facts, beliefs, and ideas. B) involves dividing information, values, and authority, into right and wrong. C) involves viewing all knowledge as embedded in a framework of thought. D) occurs when we formulate a more personally satisfying perspective that synthesizes contradictions.