Children whose parents __________ typically do well in delaying gratification.

A. alternate using threats and bribes
B. encourage selective and sustained attention
C. emphasize independence and autonomy from an early age
D. provide long, detailed reasons for waiting


Answer: B

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Viviane lives in an ethnically diverse community. She is attending a PTA meeting concerning how to provide a complete and fair history curriculum. It is likely that

a. the members of the PTA will judge their own work more positively than will members of PTAs in ethnically homogenous communities b. the PTA will come up with more creative solutions than will PTAs in ethnically homogenous communities. c. misunderstandings will be less likely among her PTA members than among PTA members from ethnically homogenous communities. d. cliques will be less likely to form in her PTA than in PTAs from ethnically homogenous communities.

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Working memory is a part of which memory system?

a. procedural memory b. short-term memory c. long-term memory d. sensory memory

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Jonathan has a terrible dream in which he's being strangled by the tentacles of an octopus. When he wakes up, Jonathan remembers the frightening dream very well and immediately writes about it in his sleep journal. Jonathan appears to be experiencing

A. a nightmare. B. sleep apnea. C. REM behavior disorder. D. sleep terror disorder.

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Because it may be difficult to assess the validity of a psychotherapeutic interview, which of the following is often used as the measure of validity?

A) The interview's correlation with the person's self-report of the problem B) The amount of eye contact in the interview C) The number of words the person uses when being interviewed D) Whether or not the person comes to the interview on time E) The results of the therapeutic treatment

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