Discipline tends to be harsh, punitive, and even abusive when parents are

A) warm and use firm control.
B) warm and permissive.
C) cold and use firm control.
D) cold and permissive.


C) cold and use firm control. When cold and rejecting parents use firm control, discipline can be very harsh.

Psychology

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a. Joan, who says her legs have been paralyzed for six months but who shows no muscle atrophy b. Keith, who goes from doctor to doctor complaining of pains and symptoms in many different parts of his body c. Lilly, who constantly thinks about the size of her ears and wants plastic surgery to reconstruct them d. Wes, who has had backaches that have gone on longer than his doctor thinks is reasonable

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If the linguistic relativity hypothesis were valid, then,

a. all cultures should have similar names for things in their environment. b. how something is perceived should reflect unique cultural conventions. c. the rules of language should be similar across cultures. d. how people perceive objects in the environment should be similar. e. different cultures will consider language more or less important.

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A strain of mice engineered with a third copy of a critical chromosome 21 region produced ______.

A. less of two proteins that support neural survival B. toxins that caused a buildup of neurofibrillary tangles C. an abnormally high amount of dihydrotestosterone D. symptoms that mimicked Korsakoff's syndrome

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States with residents who score higher on neuroticism tend to experience more heart disease, higher cancer rates, and __________

a. shorter life expectancies b. fewer psychiatric problems c. higher life expectancies d. better mental health

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