An example of a question that a 6-year-old would interpret as a request or a demand instead of a question would be

A) What did you eat for lunch?
B) How are you today?
C) Do you have to jump on your bed?
D) Did you feed the dog?


C) Do you have to jump on your bed? The child, who has acquired the answer-obviousness rule, understands that his mother is not really interested in whether or not he feels a need to jump on the bed.

Psychology

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Research studies have found that generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is most common among a. young adult males

b. teenaged girls. c. adults over 45 years old. d. the elderly.

Psychology

Explain the four decision points that people must pass through before giving help, and describe two factors that discourage people from providing help and two factors that encourage people to provide help

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

From an evolutionary standpoint, symmetry may be interpreted as which of the following?

A. developmental instability B. propensity to carry disease C. procedural artifact D. lack of genetic abnormality

Psychology

The external conflict scale on the Career Thoughts Inventory indicates client difficult in

a. Overcoming career decision-making barriers[ b. Balancing one's own views and vocational desires with others' input c. Initiating the career-decision-making process d. Obtaining work-related skills

Psychology