Describe one important determinant of whether children respond positively or negatively after their parents' divorce? How long does it take for things to "get back to normal?" Are there sex differences? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
Level of conflict between the mother and father has a significant impact on the psychological adjustment of their children. Couples with lower conflict (or at least the ability to control it and/or keep the children out of it) have children who adjust better. After about a year, children usually seem to get back to their previous level of functioning, however, boys have more difficulty adjusting than girls. This may be because they often live with their mothers, so they lose the same-sex role model and they may challenge her authority.
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a. people divorced at the start of a study were more likely to die from all causes of death at follow-up. b. people who experienced a divorce prior to age 65 showed dramatic resilience and rapidly improved health. c. men who experienced divorce were more resilient than divorced women. d. young people who get divorced experience less stress than people who divorce after 65.
Which of the following is part of scientific method?
a. systematic introspection b. detect regularities c. statistical reasoning d. clairvoyance
In your psychology textbook, each chapter opens with a chapter survey that includes all of the following EXCEPT the
a. Journey Theme. b. Journey Questions. c. short opening story. d. Think Critically Questions.
One of the reasons you had labs in your science courses in high school was to allow you to perform experiments that fostered your understanding of the scientific principles. The use of these science labs to gain understanding and insight of various scientific principles is an example of
a. latent learning. b. discovery learning. c. observational learning. d. cognitive mapping.