While not definitive, research does suggest a link between television exposure to sexual content and
a. acts of aggression. c. self-esteem.
b. teen pregnancy. d. social withdrawal.
B
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As preschoolers, the children born to the women who were diagnosed with both PTSD and depression following the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center showed evidence of higher reactivity to stimuli and more aggressive behavior than did children of terrorism-exposed mothers who did not develop these disorders. What is the likely source?
a. ?the ability of cortisol and other stress hormones to cross the placenta b. ?learned behaviors based on the observation of PTSD symptoms in others c. ?operant conditioning that rewarded such behaviors among these families d. ?the inhibition of serotonin and dopamine during brain development
Parents' motherese, or child-directed speech,
a. quits abruptly when the toddler begins to use grammar. b. gradually includes more complex sentence constructions as the child improves language competencies. c. is triggered by hormonal changes in the mother's body. d. is flatter in vocal tone than adult-to-adult speech.
As she handed her professor her term paper, River complained that she had been sick while she was writing it, so it probably wasn't her best work. This is an example of
a. hindsight bias b. self-handicapping c. learned helplessness d. reactance
People who are achievement oriented tend to have daydreams that are ______
a. fleeting, loosely connected, and related to worry b. related to guilt, fear of failure, and hostility c. pleasant fantasies, uncomplicated by guilt or worry d. deeply complex sexual fantasies, often revolving around breaking sexual taboos