Learning theories suggest which of the following as a potential cause of transgender identity?
A. overbearing relationships with parents
B. lack of positive reinforcement from the mother
C. being reared by parents who wanted children of the other gender
D. growing up as a child of divorce
Answer: C
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The secular trend
a. is found only in Central and South America. b. has been documented in the U.S. and nearly all European countries. c. occurred in the 1950s, but has now stopped. d. is found in every country in the world.
Studies on the effects of adoption on a child's emotional development suggest that separating a child from a biological parent
a. will have less of an emotional impact if the child is adopted at three months of age or younger. b. is unlikely to produce emotional difficulties if the child is adopted before one year of age. c. is unlikely to produce emotional difficulties in the child regardless of the age at which the separation occurs. d. will have less of an emotional impact if the child is adopted at eight months of age or older.
The _____ section of the current ethical code includes aspirational ideals regarding the behavior of clinical psychologists, as opposed to enforceable rules of conduct.
A. Ethical Standards B. Treatment Standards C. Research Standards D. General Principles
Since we normally cannot have access to the full population of interest, researchers are faced with taking a representative sample of the population. Which of the following is NOT true of a representative sample?
a. One can only generalize from the sample to the population it adequately represents. b. The representative sample has to closely match the overall characteristics of the population of interest. c. A representative sample must include members of different racial groups, even when the target population is of one race. d. A representative sample is a way by which one can generalize to the population of interest without having access to the full population.