According to the text, many of the problems that afflict people in modern society —such as drug addictions, anger management problems, obesity, sexually transmitted diseases, and crime—involve some component of inadequate ____
a. self-regulation
b. self-monitoring
c. response modification
d. reactance
A
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The behavior modification definition of punishment can be quite different than a nonprofessional definition of punishment
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Seventeen-year-old Alice drinks alcohol to deal with all the things that are difficult in her life. Which approach is most likely to decrease her alcohol use?
a. engaging in therapy to learn coping skills b. learning about alcohol use in school c. practicing strategies to resist peer pressure d. having her parents take parenting classes
Stability of attachment in infancy usually
a. causes secure attachment later in childhood. b. is correlated with continuity of parenting styles over time. c. has few lasting effects through childhood. d. a predictor of children's later environment
Toy manufacturers need to be careful that toys and parts of toys are too large for children to put into their mouths. Piaget would interpret this as
a. an understanding of children's tendency to assimilate. b. an unnecessary intrusion in the developmental process. c. an understanding of the egocentricity of young children. d. an understanding of children's lack of object permanence.