Which of the following is TRUE about delinquency?
a. Girls commit more delinquent acts, but are less likely than boys to be caught.
b. Delinquents are more likely to live in neighborhoods where crime occurs and thus it seems "normal".
c. Family members of delinquent teens have not been found to engage in delinquent behaviors themselves.
d. The majority of those who engage in juvenile delinquency are from high socioeconomic status families.
b
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Which statement about the limitations of language learning in apes is NOT true?
A) Apes' vocabularies are quite small compared with those of even toddlers. B) Apes can master words for concrete objects but have difficulty with abstract concepts. C) Apes can exhibit an active mastery of a few hundred words but fail to exhibit a passive mastery of them. D) Ape communication is usually telegraphic; it rarely consists of grammatically correct complex sentences.
In terms of intelligence, a single underlying factor that would apply to all types of test performance would be:
a. a g factor b. an s factor c. a megafactor d. practical intelligence
The personal fable of adolescents may be linked with risky behavior
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What is one shortcoming of Chomsky's nativist perspective of language development?
A. It does not account for children's unique utterances. B. The nativist perspective does not explain how language development occurs. C. Language learning occurs more quickly than Chomsky describes. D. It overstates the role of context and environment on language development.