Jamie says he often gets "hot under the collar" even for the slightest of provocations. Cognitive theorists would probably suggest that his anger is prompted by
a. a tendency for his heightened physiological arousal to affect his thinking.
b. underlying cognitive dissonance.
c. deep-seated frustration that is activated by these situations.
d. situations that touch upon unresolved conflicts from the past. e. angering thoughts he experiences in these situations.
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Violent delinquent behavior among adolescents usually develops slowly as they move from minor aggression, such as bullying, in early adolescence to physical fighting and gang fighting to rape and muggings in late adolescence. This escalation is best explained by which theory?
a. instinctual theory b. frustration-aggression hypothesis c. social learning theory d. biological theory
Children should be corrected when they overregularize as it's an indication of falling behind in language development
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Despite the fact that a human female has a normal pregnancy duration (or gestational period) of 38 weeks, people often refer to pregnancy as a 40-week event. Why is this?
a. Because the heightened influence of teratogens in the world today has actually extended the duration of pregnancy from conception to delivery. b. Because pregnancy usually begins two weeks after a woman's menstrual period, and that is the time from which the beginning of pregnancy is measured. c. Because the duration of pregnancy actually gets longer as a woman ages, and it ranges from 38 to 42 weeks. 40 weeks is the average, so that is what people say. d. Because physicians want to allow for a two-week "window" at the end of the pregnancy so that women do not become concerned if they have not delivered by the end of the 38th week.
Research using a narrative method suggests that people memories to make sense of their past
a. embellish b. construct c. generate d. suppress