Which of the following is the most likely reason that African American and Asian American families use an authoritarian parenting style with their children?
A) Children are less valued than in other ethnic families.
B) They believe the parenting styles of the majority culture are ineffective.
C) Authoritarian parenting is consistent with cultural beliefs about children's needs and lack of self-control.
D) Authoritarian parenting is believed to help children succeed and attain important goals.
D
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A. biological; biological, too B. biological; psychological and sociocultural C. sociocultural; psychological D. psychological and sociocultural; biological
Which of the following is TRUE?
a. Juvenile offender-based intervention programs greatly reduce juvenile delinquency rates. b. Social systems-based strategies to reduce juvenile delinquency focus on teaching social skills and problemsolving skills to offenders. c. Early childhood intervention programs show reductions in aggressive and delinquent behavior. d. There are, to date, no effective ways at reducing juvenile delinquency.
In general, the larger the value of the standard deviation,
a. the less spread out the distribution. b. the more tightly packed the distribution around the mean. c. the wider the distribution. d. the more asymmetrical the distribution.
In the Skeels study, children with an intellectual disability were moved from an orphanage to a setting in which they could receive more personal attention. Their IQs, on average,
a. decreased 26 points due to the trauma of the move. b. showed no change even with the extra attention and stimulation. c. increased 29 points with the extra attention and stimulation. d. increased slightly, but decreased after being adopted.