Which strategy will promote the most well-adjusted adolescent?
a. Offer the adolescent independence--it's what she's fighting for
b. Exert a great deal of control--during adolescence is when they can make decisions that can ruin their lives
c. Offer the adolescent some choices and help him explore the alternatives as he makes his own decision
d. Offer lower levels of warmth so that the adolescent will want to "leave the nest"
C
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A. they are directly related to temperament at birth B. they have no psychological component, but are instead inherited C. personality traits may originate in disturbed parent-child attachment relationships D. people inherit the trait of anxiety, which underlies all personality disorders and predisposes people to developing one
Anchoring and adjustment is relevant when we estimate confidence intervals because
a. we are overconfident about the adjustment process. b. we rely too heavily on the anchor. c. we make adjustments in our estimates that are larger than they should be. d. we should apply the adjustment prior to the anchor.
Balint and Ameilia both have lost some of their hearing ability. The hair cells that feed information to Balint's acoustic nerve were damaged when he stood too close to the speakers at loud concerts. In Amelia's case, the neurons that normally carry sound messages from the cochlea to her brain were damaged by disease. Balint has __________ deafness, and Amelia has __________ deafness.
A. conduction; conduction B. conduction; nerve C. nerve; conduction D. nerve; nerve
Which of the following is true of people with profound intellectual disability?
A. They typically require care for their entire lives. B. They can hold jobs and have families of their own. C. They tend to have IQ scores ranging from 55 to 69. D. They constitute about 90% of all people with intellectual disabilities.