According to the text, adolescents' academic achievement tends to be worst when they have _____________ parents
a. authoritative
b. authoritarian
c. permissive
d. disengaged
Answer: d
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Although the social cognitive view of personality has many advocates, why do some opt to study this topic in other ways?
A. Because these topics are not adequately open to scientific inquiry and thus are not appropriate for consideration in a scientific field B. Because identifying some of these cognitive processes, such as self-efficacy or locus of control, is not enough to develop a comprehensive theory of personality C. Because its emphasis on topics like the unconscious and childhood sexuality are distasteful to many people D. Because its use of techniques like unconditional positive regard and the life story identity method produce results that are unverifiable and resistant to replication
Two examples of harm reduction strategies include
a. the "cold turkey" approach and the scheduled gradual reduction approach. b. freely supplying methadone and clean needles for injections to addicts. c. "sniffer" dogs and undercover drug-buy operations. d. "detox" centers and Narcotics Anonymous.
With alpha and the effect of the independent variable held constant, as N increases _________
a. power increases b. the probability of a Type I error increases c. the probability of a Type II error increases d. power decreases
Because of modern brain-imaging techniques, today's psychologists think of consciousness largely in terms of _____
a) altered states. b) neurobiology. c) subjective experience. d) behaviorism.