Which of the following best describes a universal view of development?
A. Hannah determines at what age her children should use scissors based on the age at which all children develop fine motor skills.
B. Paolo decides when to teach his son to cook based on how older children in their culture typically learn cooking.
C. Renee considers whether her daughter's sports ability is due more to her genetics or how she was raised.
D. Lee notices that one day his twins needed help eating and the next day they suddenly ate on their own.
Answer: A
You might also like to view...
Regarding people with an antisocial personality disorder, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Many prison inmates have been diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder with many successful business persons, entertainers, politicians, and other seemingly normal people also having psychopathic leanings. b. Having unusual brain-wave patterns that suggest underarousal of the brain may explain why sociopaths tend to be thrill seekers. c. Antisocial personality disorders are rarely treated with success with the sociopath manipulating therapy, just like any other situation. d. Although the psychopath appears cold and selfish in their dealings with others, people with this disorder are usually tormented by guilt afterward.
Which of the following tests consists of 26 scales that tap past and present behaviors presumed to have special relevance for law enforcement?
A. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory B. Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire C. California Psychological Inventory D. Inwald Personality Inventory
Which of the following was a positive outcome of instinct approaches?
A. They gave birth to psychoanalytic theory. B. Psychologists began focusing on learning theories. C. Psychologists were forced to consider the effects of heredity on behavior. D. They presented a better explanation of behavior.
Movies, pop music, art, literature, and religious teachings convey the _____ stereotype of what a society feels ought to be true of gender
a. cultural b. universal c. personal d. latent