What two risk factors did the 1990 Ontario Mental Health Supplement study identify to be the strongest predictors of later mental health problems?
a) Failure to graduate high school; parent mental disorder
b) Parent mental disorder; childhood sexual abuse
c) Childhood sexual abuse; low socioeconomic status
d) Low socioeconomic status; failure to graduate high school
Answer: b) Parent mental disorder; childhood sexual abuse
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The notion that children's development reflects the history of the human race is the ____.?
a. ?child study movement b. ?primary law of evolution c. ?collective unconscious d. ?theoretical basis for Binet's tests e. ?recapitulation theory
In an experiment studying classical conditioning, a tone sounds and 5 seconds later a mild skin shock is delivered to a participant. The skin shock results in a stress response consisting of a temporary increase in heart rate. This process is repeated once every 5 minutes. After a number of trials, the participant demonstrates an elevated heart rate when the tone sounds and before the shock is
actually delivered. Within the context of this example, what is the CR? A) the oscillating increases and decreases in heart rate B) the increase in heart rate after the shock C) the increase in heart rate after the tone but before the shock D) the increase in heart rate to either the shock or the tone
Samantha is a college student who has just performed poorly on an examination. She talks to her friend about it, noting that she feels down and overall like a terrible student. Her friend tells her that she needs to care for herself by getting a pedicure and taking a long nap. Samantha's friend is advocating which of the following?
A. self-compassion B. narcissism C. self-esteem D. self-efficacy
Piaget called children’s self-directed utterances __________ speech, reflecting his belief that young children have difficulty taking the perspectives of others
A) inner B) egocentric C) private D) collaborative