What has research shown to be useful in preventing child abuse?
a. Jail time and censure of abusive parents
b. Early childhood intervention programs
c. Encouragement of parents to use more physical punishment
d. Removal of the father from the lives of the children
b
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"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," reflects Locke's notion of primary qualities.?
a. True b. False
Insight learning requires a restructuring of the perceptual field
a. True b. False
Regarding the use of antidepressants, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Tricyclics and SSRIs are about equally effective in treating depression. b. SSRIs are generally preferred over tricyclics because they are less dangerous in overdose situations. c. Antidepressants that target serotonin can help treat eating disorders like bulimia. d. Compared to tricyclics, SSRIs have more severe side effects. e. Antidepressants are helpful in treating a variety of anxiety disorders.
In an experiment with an eraser that looked like a cookie, researchers Majorie Taylor and Barbara Hort found that children age 3 to 5:
a. could mentally represent the eraser as also being a cookie. b. could mentally represent the eraser as looking like a cookie. c. could not mentally represent the eraser as being an eraser. d. could mentally represent the eraser as looking like a cookie.