Which of the following eighth grade students is most at risk for not finishing high school?
A. Johnetta, who lives in a trailer with blue collar parents and has a high IQ
B. Keith, who lives with his divorced mom in a housing project and drinks beer
C. Nancy, who lives with her parents in a middle class suburb and smokes pot
D. Rob, who lives with his stepdad in an apartment and is captain of the debate team
Answer: B
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Measurable heritable characteristics like brain abnormalities, attention processing deficits, or eye movements that give clues about specific genes involved in psychological disorders are called ____
a. endophenotypes c. base rates for a behavior b. iatrogenic effects d. genetic linkages
Which of the following major theories in child development primarily emphasizes nurture rather than nature as an important influence?
A) the psychoanalytic perspective B) behaviorism C) ethology D) information processing
Harry is an autistic child and has a short attention span for any task. His intellectual abilities are much lower than other children his age. His pediatrician reveals that Harry has a genetic disorder due to an abnormality in his X chromosome, which has become constricted. Harry most likely suffers from
A. Fragile X syndrome. B. Klinefelter syndrome. C. Turner syndrome. D. XYY syndrome.
The cognitive-developmental perspective regards children as ________.
A. passive learners of moral standards B. active thinkers about social rules C. blank slates with regard to morality D. prewired with moral standards