Young Aiden does not demonstrate any real need for a relationship with his parents, has developed no age-appropriate communication skills, and can sit for hours on end rocking back and forth without needing any additional stimulation
If he has a particularly bad moment, he may start punching himself in the face. Aiden might be appropriately diagnosed with __________.
a. Asperger syndrome
b. autism
c. Down syndrome
d. childhood disintegrative disorder
Answer: B
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According to Rogers, mirrors, photographs, video cameras, and the reactions of others hold both fascination and threat for many people because they
a. are inaccurate images of the persons we are, such as smiling on the outside, but crying on the inside. b. provide information about one's self. c. represent the possible selves in our lives, those we are and those we could be. d. allow the selfish and arrogant side of our personality to surface.
According to research by Fischer and Bidell (Fischer, 1980; Fischer & Bidell, 2006), young adolescents
a. can make one or two different self-statements in different areas of their lives. b. have a single self-concept. c. can reconcile contradictory self-statements. d. can’t yet determine that contradictory self-statements may be true under different circumstances.
Walking away from a problem temporarily can allow for _________ to help overcome mental sets that interfere with finding the correction solution
a. industry c. influence b. incantation d. incubation
All of the following demonstrate how operant conditioning influences the behavior of children EXCEPT
a. Parents reward gender appropriate behavior and punish gender-inappropriate behavior. b. Parents reward children for expressing attitudes that are similar to their own, and punish or ignore contradictory attitudes. c. Peers choose to play with children who are generous and non-aggressive and avoid those who are aggressive. d. Children learn to anticipate that thunder follows lightening.