Some people with intellectual disabilities exhibit remarkable abilities in highly specialized areas such as numerical computation, art, or music. These abilities are known as ________ performance
a. savant
b. Mensa
c. paradoxical
d. profound
Answer: a
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The reinforcement of a desired behavior on some occasions but not others is called ____ reinforcement
a. ?fragmented b. ?partial c. ?fractional d. ?incomplete
Kazdin, Whitley, and Marciano (2006) assert that the most important factor for a positive outcome in children with oppositional, aggressive, or antisocial behaviors is ____
a. a therapeutic relationship with parents/mentors that involves empathy, warmth, and acceptance b. covert sensitization to reduce attention problems c. giving children more control over their environment d. providing assertiveness training to children to help them become more independent
Typical of research on gender-graded influences, Moen and Spencer (2001) found that men are more likely to be in paid work positions throughout adulthood whereas women moved between paid and unpaid work,
with the unpaid times usually associated with caregiving for children, grandchildren, and older family members. Identify a potential consequence to this trend. a) With a continuous history of work, men may be hired ahead of women who have "gaps" in their work history. b) Women may feel as though they are not as valuable, or their skills are not as valuable, because their caregiving is unpaid work. c) Also, with more years of employment men are likely to have better retirement incomes. d) All of the Above