In their study of mindfulness among cleaning hospital workers, Wrzesniewski and colleagues found that mindfulness on the part of the hospital cleaning teams was associated with ______.
A. lower rates of employee turnover
B. reduced sick days
C. improvement of the hospital environment
D. more positive relations with administrators
Ans: C
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A teratogen is a(n)
a. tool used to extract the head of the fetus during birth. b. instrument for assessing an Apgar rating of the newborn. c. specially shaped delivery table at birthing centers. d. external agent that causes developmental harm at particular times during pregnancy.
What has made Vygotsky's approach less prone to criticism than Piaget's theory?
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Almost none of the students will be able to do this. Eight-year-olds will be able to do this, but 16-year-olds will be unable to do this. Sixteen-year-olds will be able to do this, but 8-year-olds will be unable to do this. Almost all of the students will be able to do this easily.