What effect may overprotection have on children?
A. It gives children a sense of safety and boosts their confidence
B. It gives children opportunities to take risks
C. It gives children subtle messages that they can’t cope on their own
D. It improves anxiety symptoms in sensitive or cautious children
C. It gives children subtle messages that they can’t cope on their own
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Which of the following statements accurately reflects the change in self-description that typically occurs between ages 8 and 11?
A) Children tend to describe themselves by focusing on specific behaviors. B) Children will describe positive, but not negative, personality traits. C) Children organize their observations of behaviors and internal states into general dispositions. D) Children are likely to describe themselves in extreme, all-or-none ways.
The authors of your text present a study in which monkeys were given a choice between different colors of M&Ms—later, their preference for different colors of M&Ms was reassessed. The researchers found that the monkeys
a. later preferred the choice they had originally disliked. b. reduced their liking for the colors of M&Ms they hadn't chosen. c. reduced their liking for the colors of M&Ms they had chosen. d. only experienced dissonance when they had observed it in other monkeys.
A therapist is evaluating a person who experienced catatonia, disorganized speech, restricted affect, avolition, and social withdrawal for the past two months. This has led to impairment in the person's personal life and at work. Does this patient meet the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia?
A. No, the person must experience symptoms for at least six months or more. B. No, the person must also experience delusions or hallucinations. C. Yes, the person meets the diagnostic criteria. D. No, the presence of restricted affect and avolution suggest a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder.
Moving a limb toward the body is an example of __________, whereas moving a limb away from the body is an example of __________.
A. flexion; extension B. extension; flexion C. contraction; extension D. flexion; contraction