Youths who may be aggressive toward other people or animals, often displaying cruel behaviors such as using a weapon or torturing someone, assaulting and stealing from someone, or engaging in rape; destroying property, such as setting fires and vandalizing; lying to others to get something or to avoid punishment or stealing; and violating laws or rules for their age group, such as failing to
attend school, adhering to curfew, or running away from home would be diagnosed with
a. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
b. oppositional defiant disorder.
c. conduct disorder.
d. developmentally challenged disorder.
c
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a. ?Skinner's behaviorism b. ?the neo-Freudians c. ?Gestalt psychology d. ?humanistic psychology e. ?social learning theories
In an experiment demonstrating the critical period, an eye patch was placed for a prolonged period of time over the eye of a kitten or the eye of an adult cat. What did this study find?
A. The structure of the eye was abnormal for the kitten but not for the adult cat. B. Fewer light receptors were found in the kitten than in the adult cat. C. The visual cortex was impaired in the kitten but not in the adult cat. D. In contrast to the adult cat, the kitten was unable to focus on close objects.
The theme of Chapter 2 is best described as
a. the dominance of nurture over nature. b. the dominance of nature over nurture. c. the complex interplay of nature and nurture. d. how nature and nurture are moderated by religious belief and religious experience.
Being unable to see things from another's point of view or put yourself in someone else's place is known as ______
a. egocentrism c. realism b. ethnocentrism d. anthropomorphism