According to evolutionary theory, stepparents may be less devoted to rearing stepchildren because
a. they do not have enough resources.
b. they have not had the experience of how to get along with stepchildren for the same amount of time as with their own children.
c. the stepchildren do not care for them as much as they care for their biological parents.
d. people often behave as if they want their own genes to flourish in the next generation.
d. people often behave as if they want their own genes to flourish in the next generation.
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Of the following, the most accurate statement regarding the cause of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is that it appears to a. have a weak genetic contribution to the disorder
b. be found in those individuals with a strong predisposition toward structure in their lives. c. require parental reinforcement of conformity and neatness. d. all of the above
Between 1984 and 2004, the proportion of U.S. elderly who had difficulty doing housework or shopping declined from 16 percent to ______ percent
12 10 8 2
Up until 1973, __________ was listed as a psychological disorder by the American Psychiatric Association
a. sexual promiscuity b. transsexualism c. homosexuality d. gender identity disorder
The strategy choice model predicts that when there is a weak association between a problem and its correct answer, children will use ______________ such as counting, guessing, or deriving an answer based on known facts or rules
A) backup strategy B) phonemic awareness C) reconstructive memory D) chunking