What is the nature of young children's informal theory of human behavior, and how does the positivity bias influence their thinking about people's personality traits?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Children develop the informal theory about the same time as they develop a theory of mind.
2. They are able to connect concepts to behavior (for example, a selfish person might forget to give someone a birthday present).
3. Children tend to have a positivity bias toward other people and need fewer examples of good behavior to rate them positively and more examples of bad behavior to rate them negatively. Children will overlook many negatives and instead provide a mostly positive evaluation of themselves and others.
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A) stranger anxiety. B) MMR vaccinations. C) infantile amnesia. D) autism
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of an A-B design?
a. it is used to compare baseline and treatment b. it is used in applied settings c. it demonstrates a functional relationship d. it is the simplest type of design
CBT approaches to treatment
A. have not worked as well as traditional psychotherapy. B. rely on the use of medications to prevent withdrawal symptoms. C. use hypnotism as the major form of treatment. D. have the clients to identify people, places, and behaviors associated with drug use.
Weston and Roman are identical twins. Both are successful tax attorneys that have high-stress jobs. Their diets are very similar, however Roman is obese and Weston is at a relatively normal weight. Why is there a discrepancy in their weight when other areas are so similar?
A. It is likely that Roman’s genetic expression for obesity manifested, while Weston’s did not. B. It is likely that Weston’s genetic predisposition toward thinness is expressed, whereas Roman’s has not. C. It is likely that they are fraternal, rather than identical twins or they would weigh the same. D. It is likely that Weston’s response to stress differs from Roman’s, which has a bearing on how his fat cells behave and grow.