________ is a pervasive developmental disorder that involves deficient social interactions, stereotyped behavior, and obsessive interest in a narrow field.
a. Social phobia
b. Asperger's syndrome
c. Childhood disintegrative disorder
d. Reit's syndrome
e. Obsessive compulsive disorder
Answer: b. Asperger's syndrome
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a. Morticia and Gomez are most likely younger than their parents were when they got married. b. There is a 60% probability that Morticia and Gomez will get divorced. c. Morticia is more likely than her mother was to work outside of the home. d. Morticia and Gomez are likely to have more children than their parents did.
Which youth with oppositional defiant disorder will likely have the least severe adjustment problems in adulthood?
a. Keith, who has always had a callous and unemotional personality since he was a small child b. Lyle, who had severe ADHD in childhood and parents who were dysfunctional in their response to it c. Miguel, who became very rebellious around age 13, and began to hang out with deviant peers d. All of these youths are equally likely to have severe adjustment problems in adulthood
A study is done on the effect of surviving a tornado on children's self-esteem. Survivors are compared to others with a self-esteem test. This study applied the method of
a. a true experiment. b. a natural (or quasi-) experiment. c. tabula rasa. d. structured observation.
The degree to which one set of results can be applied to other situations, individuals, or events is called __________
A) objectivity B) reliability C) validity D) generalizability