Asian children spend more time practicing math than American children for all of the following reasons except that Asian mothers tend to
a. believe that their children's academic performance can be improved through hard work.
b. be more involved in their children's school work.
c. emphasize their children's academic failures.
d. emphasize their children's academic successes.
D
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People who know that someone is trying to persuade them of something become somewhat resistant to the message. This tendency is called the __________ effect
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Maccoby and Jacklin (1974) found that girls are more likely to comply with the directions of adults than boys, and they are more readily influenced by others than boys are. One explanation your authors offer for these findings is that
a. girls are genetically more docile and conforming than boys b. girls are more empathetic than boys, so they don't want to hurt feelings by disagreeing. c. girls are trained by their mothers to be "agreeable," while boys are trained by their fathers to be "confrontational.". d. girls value harmony and don't want people to start arguing.
Thor is a computer technician who finds he can tell if a computer's hard drive is moving out of alignment just by listening to the sound the computer makes. Thor's ability to identify problems in this way illustrates:
a. top-down processing b. sound localization c. bottom-up processing d. opponent processing
The stage of development wherein the ego processes are being differentiated from the id, along with the assertion of independence, is called the:
a. oral stage b. anal stage c. phallic stage d. genital stage