Which of the following would NOT be good advice for parents of young children?
a. Encourage exploration and stimulating play by paying attention to what holds your baby's interest.
b. To teach patience and control, it is best to strictly limit what a child can touch in the home.
c. Take babies outside, hang mobiles over their cribs, place mirrors nearby, play music for them, or rearrange their rooms now and then.
d. It is wise to view all of childhood as a relatively sensitive period.
ANSWER: b
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a. appear to be unique to specific cultures. b. appear to be caused by the presence of outsiders in the culture. c. look similar but have very different causes than Western disorders. d. resemble very closely disorders listed in the DSM-5.
Unlike some tests for professional degree programs, the LSAT
a. predicts first year GPA in law school. b. is very unstructured. c. is based on performance rather than verbal skills. d. is not timed.
According to Ryckman, most of the theories of personality reviewed in the text:
a. are merely historical curiosities b. are obsolete c. still serve a vital heuristic function for contemporary personality psychologists d. are almost completely and consistently supported by empirical data
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a) they provide a standardized format b) they help focus the rater's attention on relevant traits c) they provide a totally objective rating of behavior d) they provide a list of behaviors to evaluate