Provide a scenario for two first graders and two fifth graders that explains why the children in each pair are no longer friends.

What will be an ideal response?


In early childhood, a girl and a boy who played together as neighbors might no longer be friends because they have different interests and prefer friends of the same sex. In middle childhood, one child may not want to be friends with another child because the first one insulted the other at school several times in front of friends.

Psychology

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What will be an ideal response?

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______ coping tends to be problem-oriented and to focus on the immediate issue

a. Defensive c. Passive b. Indirect d. Direct

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Bill hasn't eaten for four days and is very hungry. A friend offers to take him to lunch or to a new Arnold Schwartzennegger movie that she knows Bill wants to see. The drive theory of motivation would predict

a. Bill is equally likely to select either option. b. Bill will select the lunch. c. Bill will select the movie. d. Bill will not select either option.

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