Benny is a shy baby. What can his parents do to help Benny from becoming a fearful child?
A) Protect him from minor stresses and teach him to retreat from unfamiliar situations.
B) Expose him to fear-inducing situations so he can learn to regulate his anxiety.
C) Avoid authoritative child-rearing practices and encourage independence.
D) Provide warm, supportive care and make appropriate demands when approaching new experiences.
D
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Suppose you read in a popular magazine that college males and college females were asked to rate themselves in terms of how much they help their friends who have problems. The average score for the females was higher than the average score for the males. What would you conclude?
a. Females are more helpful than males, at least in helping their friends. b. Other people think that females are more helpful than males. c. Researcher expectancy was undoubtedly responsible for the gender difference. d. Females report that they help their friends to a greater extent than males report that they help their friends; however, males and females may not differ in their actual helpful behaviors.
Which parenting style is best characterized as "indifferent?"
a. Authoritarian b. Authoritative c. Permissive d. Uninvolved
On average, ________ students spent more time on homework and other school-related activities, and less time on socializing and watching television, than other adolescents
a. Asian b. white c. African American d. Hispanic
Bandura believes that media portrayal of violence can have harmful effects on our behavior and that of others. He further states that even "normal" individuals can aggress against each other if:
a. they become temporally classified as disturbed b. situational variables are conducive to violence c. they are encouraged to display their true emotional content d. they are feeling grumpy or out-of-sorts with the other person