Explain how children can become exposed to lead, and how lead poisoning can harm children.
What will be an ideal response?
- Despite legal restrictions on the amount of allowable lead in paint and gasoline, lead is still found on painted walls and window frames in older homes, and in ceramics, lead-soldered pipes, and automobile and truck exhaust.
- Exposure to lead has been linked to lower intelligence, problems in verbal and auditory processing, and hyperactivity.
- High lead levels have also been linked to higher levels of antisocial behavior, including aggression and delinquency.
- At even higher levels, lead poisoning results in illness and death.
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Summarize the research data on genetic contributions to the development of depressive disorders in children and adolescents
What will be an ideal response?
Individuals who appear unable to assess the consequences of their behavior and who act in anti-social ways are called:
a. introverts b. ambiverts c. manic-depressives d. psychopaths
Fear of being in a place or situation from which escape is difficult or impossible if something should go wrong is called
a. agoraphobia. b. a social phobia. c. a specific phobia. d. trypanophobia. e. acrophobia.
Jessica has a passionate, unconditional love for her husband Harrison. She never has a concern for reciprocity. Lee would describe their love as _________
a. eros b. pragma c. mania d. agape