Which of the following factors contributed to the study of child development in the twentieth century?
A) The beginning of public education led to a demand for knowledge about what and how to teach children of different ages.
B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size on children's well-being.
C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve children's health, which inspired nutritional research.
D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children's anxieties and behavior problems.
A
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a. operant conditioning b. classical conditioning c. social learning d. attitude polarization
"I see myself as shy and people tend to go out of their way to make me feel comfortable." This person has described her:
A. phenomenological self B. reveal self C. real self D. actual self
Eric is trying to develop his full potential as a human being by internalizing that he is in control of his fate. What psychological perspective has Eric adopted?
a. humanistic c. behavioral b. psychoanalytic d. cross-cultural
The ego defense mechanism that involves the substitution of acceptable ideas for unacceptable ones is called:
a. sublimation b. reaction formation c. displacement d. projection