Which of the following best describes the adolescent period of development as defined by the textbook?
a. It is a fairly recent social construct that is riddled with contradictions.
b. It covers the years in a person's life between puberty and age 20.
c. It was recognized in ancient Greece as a separate period of development.
a
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The need for multicultural programs and an increased sensitivity toward the educational needs of students from different ethnic groups is apparent because
a. the gap in test scores among various minority groups decreases as the students move through the school system. b. African Americans, but not Latinos/Latinas or Asian Americans, have difficulty securing employment once they graduate from high school. c. a higher divorce rate among various minority groups can be addressed with increased multicultural education. d. members of various minority groups have lower standardized test scores and dropout rates.
Which of the following is not one of Hunt's (1993) five patterns of aggressive behavior?
a. Over-aroused aggression b. Irrational aggression c. Impulsive aggression d. Affective aggressive
Which of the following descriptions is most applicable to the information processing theory of cognitive development?
a. It maintains that learning is shaped by environmental forces, specifically in response to reward and punishment. b. It focuses on how children transform information and relate it to other information stored in their memories. c. It holds that children construct knowledge for themselves rather than having it conveyed to them by an external source. d. It stresses the importance of the social, cultural, and historic context in understanding child development.
All the following statements are true about caffeine except
A. caffeine can cause anxiety. B. caffeine is not addictive. C. caffeine should be used in moderation. D. caffeine can cause insomnia.