Distinguish between the terms child abuse and child neglect
What will be an ideal response?
Child abuse is a deliberate action that harms the child, either physically, emotionally,
or sexually. It includes sexual abuse as a subcategory. Child neglect is failure to
take some action on behalf of the child so that their physical, educational, or
emotional needs are met. Child neglect, therefore, cannot include sexual abuse as
a subcategory.
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a. temporal b. occipital c. parietal d. frontal
What is the adaptive value of wisdom according to Csikszentmihalyi and Rathunde (1990)?
A. Wisdom results from an ideal combination of security and danger during the adolescent years. B. Wisdom is a requirement for the development of courage. C. Intelligence only results from wisdom. D. Through wisdom we make good choices when challenged by the social and physical world.
Hera works hard to be an honest and sincere person. Freud would likely say that Hera's
behavior is strongly influenced by her a. id. b. ego. c. ego-ideal. d. libido. e. preconscious.
When someone "jumps to conclusions," Beck would say that he or she is suffering from a distortion in thought called __________.
A. selective thinking B. arbitrary inference C. overgeneralization D. personalization