An age norm is best defined as
a. societal expectations for the behavior of all people in a particular social context.
b. expectations regarding behavior that is appropriate or inappropriate at a given age.
c. expectations for how to behave at a party.
d. cross-cultural expectations for behavior that are not tied to age.
b
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What rule holds that because accused persons could not control their actions, they might not be responsible for them, even if they knew their actions were wrong?
A. M'Naghten rule B. Durham rule C. Irresistible impulse rule D. American Law Institute standard
Which of the following situations is most likely to lead to negative outcomes for children?
a. Having a mother who works part-time outside the home b. Having a stay-at-home mother and financial problems in the family c. Having a mother who works full-time outside the home d. Having a working mother who tells her children how rewarding her work is
People who worry tend to think about
a. things that happened in the past. b. the bad things that might happen in the future. c. anxiety. d. fear.
According to the textbook, why might different psychologists study the same behavior in
different ways? a. More contemporary approaches are considered superior to older methods. b. They may simply be interested in different levels of explanation. c. Biological methods are considered generally more fundamental than all other methods. d. Biological methods are considered generally superior to most other methods. e. This is an untrue assumption; psychologists wouldn't be able to agree on anything if they studied the same behavior in different ways.