Which of the following statements about adoption is correct?
A) youth who experienced open adoptions are as well adjusted as those who experience closed adoptions
B) quality of life after adoption affects an adopted child's development but quality of life before adoption does not
C) most adopted children experience developmental problems
A) youth who experienced open adoptions are as well adjusted as those who experience closed adoptions
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a. after all the dishes are put away. b. at bedtime. c. the next morning at breakfast. d. the next time that some dishes need to be put away.
After watching her father slide through pictures on his smartphone using his index finger, Laura, a 5-year-old, learns to use her finger to slide the screen on his smartphone. Laura acquired this behavior through ________
a. classical conditioning b. observational learning c. operant conditioning d. latent learning
Motivation is best described as
A) the physiological triggers that tell us we may be deprived of something and cause us to seek out what is needed, such as food. B) the body's physiological processes that allow it to maintain consistent internal states in response to the outer environment. C) the stimuli we seek to reduce the drives such as social approval and companionship, food, water, and other needs. D) the physiological and psychological processes underlying the initiation of behaviors that direct organisms toward specific goals.
Your friend David has decided to start studying human development because he hates studying biology. According to your text, will David find happiness in his new area of interest?
A. Yes, because he can focus on psychological factors and ignore sociocultural and biological factors. B. Yes, but only if he enjoys studying sociocultural factors. C. No, because studying biological influences is a necessary component in understanding development. D. No, because normative age-graded influences are all biological.