Alisha's family was experiencing multiple problems, including her mother's illness, her father's loss of employment, and two relatives having moved into their home. Through the stress, her grades remained high and her study skills good
Most likely, Alisha was
indifferent to the plight of her family.
relying on egocentric tendencies to pull her through.
using school achievement as an escape from the stress of home.
hoping to go on to college after completing middle school and high school.
using school achievement as an escape from the stress of home.
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The eyes fixate from point to point several times each second. What is this called?
a. visual encoding c. eidetic imagery b. saccadic eye movements d. perceptual processing
Dr. Jacobi is studying the effects of bilingualism on the intellectual development of children. She wants to know whether learning both English and Spanish has an impact on intelligence scores in both languages. Most likely, Dr. Jacobi follows a __________ perspective
a. psychoanalytic c. learning b. humanistic-existential d. sociocultural
One disadvantage of structured observations is that
a. the researcher has little or no control over the variable of interest. b. only a limited number of behaviors can be investigated. c. a wide range of variables may be influencing the behavior under study. d. children may not react in the laboratory as they would in real life.
Women are better than men at "decoding" nonverbal information
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.