A researcher investigating the relationship between maternal distress and child conduct problems found that maternal distress was related to disciplinary strategies towards the child, which in turn were related to child conduct problems. In this study, disciplinary strategies are a ____
a. comorbid variable
b. correlated variable
c. mediator variable
d. moderator variable
c
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Regarding handedness, which of the following is FALSE?
a. Students who are extremely gifted in math are much more likely to be left-handed or ambidextrous. b. Left-handed persons typically experience more language loss after damage to the brain and recover more slowly than right-handed persons. c. Left-handers are more symmetrical in eye dominance, fingerprints, and foot size than right-handers. d. The physical size and shape of the two cerebral hemispheres are more alike in left-handed persons than in right-handed persons.
According to Sternberg, the three components of love are passion, intimacy, and
congeniality. commitment. compatibility. cooperation.
Infants who are insecurely attached may do which of the following when a parent leaves and then returns during the strange situation procedure?
a. Show anger when mom leaves, but happiness when she returns. b. Show anger when mom leaves, and is indifferent to her when she returns. c. Refuses to engage with the stranger in the room. d. Are happy when mom leaves and angry when she returns.
An adolescent's belief that their feelings and ideas are special, even unique, and that they are invulnerable is called the
a. personal fable. c. pretend view. b. imaginary audience. d. personal fantasy.