Compared to middle-SES children, lower-SES children:
a. do equally well in school.
b. acquire new words at a faster pace.
c. have smaller vocabularies and use simpler grammar.
d. typically acquire less than 1000 new words a year.
C. Lower-SES children lag behind in vocabulary development and sophistication.
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Adler's own early recollections reveal his:
a. feelings of inferiority. b. preference for his mother instead of his father. c. fear of other people. d. sexual longings.
Sixty-year-old Kwan has led a life filled with ups (a prosperous career) and downs (a battle with breast cancer) and continues to maintain the capacity to change in response to such experiences. A lifespan developmental psychologist would likely say that Kwan has
a. a flawed social clock. b. great plasticity. c. minimal longevity. d. maturational grief.
Gene's personality disintegration is extreme. He is experiencing fragmented delusions and auditory hallucinations and engages in silly laughter, bizarre mannerisms, and obscene behaviors and speech. Gene's diagnosis is most likely __________ schizophrenia
a. disorganized b. borderline c. catatonic d. paranoid
X-rays are to CAT as radio waves are to __________
a. MRI c. PET b. CBF d. EEG