A young child who tries to kill him/herself
A) is depressed and really wants to die.
B) is doing it to try to manipulate adults, not because he/she really wants to die.
C) may have unrealistic beliefs about death and not really understand what it means to die.
D) is probably more mature and aware than most children their age.
C
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a. financial security b. good health c. an active lifestyle d. relationships with family and friends
According to your textbook, which of the following would be the most effective way to bring about long-term improvements in the incidence of depression in women?
a. Develop new antidepressant medicines that have fewer side effects b. Increase the funding for training more psychotherapists c. Work to solve the social problems that help to create depression d. Acknowledge that the best way to treat depression is to require every community to publicize problems related to mental health.
Young children who are physically active
a. tend to have physically active parents. b. are often diagnosed as hyperactive when they reach elementary school. c. are less likely to get into trouble because they burn off excess energy. d. outgrow it and become sedentary adults.
Binet was asked to help find a way to distinguish slower students from more capable ones, and this led to Binet's development of
a. artificial intelligence. b. the first individual intelligence test. c. the multiple intelligence model. d. the first test of creative thinking.