The research finding that severe and overreactive discipline in early childhood
predicts the appearance of disruptive and antisocial behaviors in European American,
but not in African American children provides support for which of the following
assertions?
a. Spanking is not detrimental to children.
b. Psychological disorders are not objective but culturally-defined realities.
c. Culture and ethnicity play a role in determining which forms of parenting are
detrimental to children's development.
d. Parenting behaviors vary greatly across groups and therefore does not play a
major role in the etiology of psychological disorders.
e. African American children are more resilient than European American children.
C
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What will be an ideal response?
Of the following, the correct pairing is a. dyssomnia – sleepwalking
b. dyssomnia – a sleep disturbance. c. parasomnia – waking up after three or four hours of sleep and then being unable to fall back to sleep. d. parasomnia – lack of REM sleep.
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a. are easier to conduct than correlational studies b. use descriptive statistics rather than inferential statistics c. can determine cause-effect relationships d. involve more natural behavior than correlational studies