When Sidney misbehaves, his mother takes away his phone privileges or his video game system. Sidney's mother is using which discipline approach?

a. management techniques
b. legalistic
c. power assertion
d. withdrawal of love


ANSWER: c

Psychology

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A. Drug A-increases the release of excitatory transmitters B. Drug B-prevents reuptake C. Drug C-completely inhibits the release of transmitters D. Drug D-increases the release of inhibitory transmitters

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In describing memory, psychologists refer to the processes that determine how memories are translated into performance as:

a. encoding b. storage c. retrieval d. chunking

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Rehearsal is ____

a. repeating information over and over b. placing things into meaningful categories c. an understanding of how memory works d. a measurement of intelligence

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Among children from Western cultures, when guilt occurs in appropriate circumstances and is neither excessive nor accompanied by shame, it is related to ________.

A. inflated self-esteem B. insecure attachment with a caregiver C. poor emotional self-regulation D. good adjustment

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