A child is awakened during the night, uses the toilet, and receives a sticker and praise from a parent. Later in the week, accumulated stickers may be turned in for a highly desired toy. This child is undergoing:
A) dry-bed training for enuresis.
B) dry-bed training for encopresis.
C) bell-and-battery therapy for enuresis.
D) bell-and-battery therapy for encopresis.
Ans: A) dry-bed training for enuresis.
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a. day of the week. b. pill type. c. IQ score. d. sex of the researcher.
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A. pituitary gland B. thalamus C. retina D. ventricles
Which statement about children’s map-making abilities is true?
A) Cultural frameworks influence children’s map making. B) Preschool children do not yet include landmarks on maps they draw. C) By age 6, most children can accurately place stickers on a map to indicate landmarks. D) By age 7, most children can give clear, well-organized instructions for getting from one place to another.
Before the hemispheres of the cerebral cortex lateralize,
A) damage to a particular region means that the abilities it normally controls are lost forever. B) other parts can take over the tasks that would have been handled by a damaged region. C) each hemisphere controls only one side of the body. D) each hemisphere receives sensory information from only one side of the body.