Fifteen-year-old Rebecca still has a 10:00 p.m. curfew. She is asking her parents to extend her curfew on the weekends to 11:00 p.m. When her parents ask her why she thinks her curfew should be changed, Rebecca replies,
"Because I am older now, and I've never been
late for my 10:00 p.m. curfew. I think you can trust me, so can we at least give it a try?" This
is an example of what kind of thinking?
concrete
intuitive
emotional
analytical
analytical
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a. ?Nonhumans cannot have language because only humans have a built-in universal grammar. b. ?Nonhumans can develop language if exposed to motherese. c. ?Nonhumans can learn language through imitation. d. ?Nonhumans cannot develop language once they are past the critical period.
Which statement about depression is FALSE?
A) Depression is accompanied by feelings of worthlessness, lethargy, and sleep and appetite disturbance. B) Drugs that increase serotonin and norepinephrine levels often reduce depressive symptoms. C) Depressed individuals are likely to attribute negative experiences to causes that are not internal. D) Depression is sometimes associated with climatic changes.
In Horney's view, the defense mechanism in which painful experiences are denied or ignored because they are at variance with the idealized self is called:
a. blind spots b. compartmentalization c. elusiveness d. arbitrary rightness
Studies of adopted children and both their biological and adoptive parents indicate that
a. heredity does not influence IQ because the IQ scores of adopted children do not resemble those of their biological parents. b. environment does not influence IQ because the IQ scores of adopted children do not resemble those of their adoptive parents. c. the impact of the environment on IQ increases as children grow older. d. the impact of heredity on IQ increases as children grow older.