The best way for parents to foster a positive, secure self-image is to
A) make decisions for their children.
B) use a firm, controlling parenting style.
C) use frequent social comparisons.
D) encourage their children to strive for worthwhile goals.
D
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Your self-schema consists of those aspects of your behavior that are
A. innate. B. most important to you. C. similar to your parents. D. unique to you alone.
Traffic signs are good examples of
a. well designed interfaces understood universally. b. interfaces that use readily understood symbols. c. interfaces that may be understood differently by different groups. d. user interfaces that are understood equally well by younger and older adults.
A dog learns to salivate at the sound of a soft buzzer, but not at the sound of a loud buzzer. After training, the dog is presented with buzzers of various volumes. You predict that the dog will salivate most in response to a buzzer that is _______
a. identical to the CS+ b. slightly softer than the CS+ c. slightly louder than the CS+ d. slightly louder than the CS-
Developmental psychologists have attempted to identify the effects of many specific childrearing practices on children's personality traits. The problem with this line of research, which was discussed in the text, is that ________
a. parents who use physical punishment won't be honest with the researchers. b. psychologists cannot agree on whether to use cross-sectional or longitudinal approaches. c. it is difficult to recruit parents to serve as participants in this research. d. parents are inconsistent from day to day and over the years.