Which of the following is NOT one of the types of truants identified by Bimler and Kirkland?
A) Unmotivated loners B) Well-socialized delinquents
C) Motivated loners D) Truancy condoned by parents
Answer: C
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About one-_____ of adolescents/young adults living in the United States are members of an ethnic minority group
a. half b. third c. quarter d. fifth
The Practical Solutions section of Chapter 1 describes the results of research on learning and memory. Which of the following statements BEST matches the results of that research?
a. Repeated reading of material greatly enhances comprehension of the material. b. Repeated reading of material is the best way to improve memory for the material. c. Repeated testing is better than repeated reading when trying to improve memory. d. Repeated testing does little to improve the comprehension of material.
Regarding organic psychoses, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Children who eat leaded paint or breathe leaded paint powder can become psychotic or intellectually disabled. b. Children with higher levels of lead in their blood are more likely to be arrested as adults for criminal offenses. c. The most common organic psychoses are due to lead and mercury poisonings. d. All psychoses are partly organic because they involve physical changes in the brain.
Which of the following best describes how cocaine works in the brain?
a. Cocaine works by binding on receptor sites that normally reuptake dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine, resulting in more of these substances in the synapse, producing a rush. b. Cocaine works by eliminating the neurotransmitters dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine, resulting in a rush. c. Cocaine works by increasing the amount of dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine released into the synapse, producing a rush. d. None of these