Which statement about the socialization of aggression in boys and girls is FALSE?
a. Parents play rougher with sons than with daughters.
b. Parents discourage daughters' aggression more than sons' aggression.
c. Physically rough play is part of the androgynous gender role.
d. Aggressive themes are more common in toys given to boys than in those given to girls.
C
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Your grandmother has recently been complaining about not sleeping well and not feeling rested. Given what you learned in this chapter on sleep and waking, what would be the BEST advice you could give her (other than to see her doctor for a checkup, of course)?
A. Make sure she eats an evening meal low in carbohydrates to minimize production of serotonin. B. Put the television in her bedroom and tell her to fall asleep watching the evening news. C. Keep mentally active doing things in which she is interested. D. The first thing she should do is get sleeping pills from her doctor and take them every night.
You train your dog, Milo, to salivate at the sound of a bell. Then you ring the bell every five minutes and don't follow the ringing with food for Milo. He salivates less and less and finally stops salivating at all when the bell rings
But the next morning, when you ring the bell, Milo salivates! What term is used to explain the reappearance of this response? a. counterconditioning b. instinctive drift c. spontaneous recovery d. stimulus discrimination e. extinction
What does the placenta NOT do?
a. allows nutrients to pass from mother to developing organism b. protects developing organism from bacteria and wastes in mother's blood c. protects the mother from waste produced by the baby d. produces hormones that maintain blood in the uterine wall and stimulates breasts to produce milk
Which of the following is a reason why attempts to help children and youths have been difficult to realize in the United States?
A) Public policies aimed at fostering children's development have failed in other Western countries. B) The interdependent nature of U.S. citizens has made government hesitant to become involved in family matters. C) Children remain unrecognized in the process because they cannot vote or speak out to protect their own interests. D) Public policies aimed at fostering children's development do not yield valuable returns.