The theory that the abuse and neglect of children leads them to be predisposed to abusiveness as adults is called the __________.

A. midlife crisis resolution
B. cycle of violence hypothesis
C. normative-crisis proposal
D. circumnavigation explanation


Answer: B

Psychology

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a) True b) False

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Bartlett in his book, Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology, demonstrated that:

a. memory is greatly influenced by personal, cognitive themes and schemas b. memories of details remain relatively unchanged throughout one’s lifetime c. information is stored in a serial fashion d. memory is greatly influenced by laws of association

Psychology

Karen Allen had female students attempt to solve relatively difficult math problems. Some of the participants had their dog with them while they worked on the problems, while others had a close friend with them. The researchers measured each participant's stress-related arousal. In this study the dependent variable was:

a. the amount of stress-related arousal that the participants displayed b. the difficulty of the math problems c. the length of time it took to solve the problems that were presented d. who was present while the individual worked on the problems, their dog or a close friend

Psychology

Discuss peak performance, including the characteristics that usually accompany it and what causes it to go away; explain why the level of arousal is important to the performance of athletes; and identify three ways that athletes can adjust their arousal level

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology