Milton gets into fights and has been involved in robbery and vandalism. Melissa has been apprehended for truancy many times, and she often runs away from home, uses drugs, and engages in prostitution. What can be said about these two teenagers?
a. They both have oppositional defiant disorder.
b. Milton has oppositional defiant disorder; Melissa has temper dysregulation disorder with dysphoria
c. They both have conduct disorder.
d. Milton has conduct disorder; Melissa has oppositional defiant disorder.
C
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Nosek and his coauthors used the Implicit Association Test to measure people's gender stereotypes. Their research showed that people
a. have strong implicit gender stereotypes because their ratings for males and females were very different from each other. b. have weak implicit gender stereotypes because their ratings for males and females were very similar to each other. c. have strong implicit gender stereotypes because they responded relatively quickly when the pairings were consistent with stereotypes (e.g., males were paired with math); they responded slowly when the pairings were inconsistent (e.g. females were paired with math). d. have weak implicit gender stereotypes because they responded quickly when the pairings were inconsistent with stereotypes (e.g., females were paired with math); they responded equally quickly when the pairings were consistent (e.g., males were paired with math).
Which of the following is considered one of Piaget's contributions to understanding infant cognition?
a. Infants are able to create and manipulate symbols. b. For infants, most thinking is unconscious. c. Infants have the same capacity for abstract reasoning as adolescents. d. Infants establish logical connections.
What social characteristic is associated with well-developed pretending skills?
a. Isolation b. Stubbornness c. Empathy d. Assertiveness
Jeffrey Dahmer admitted killing 15 young men. During his trial, the jurors considered his insanity plea. Wisconsin defines insanity using the Brawner rule, and the jurors decided that Dahmer was sane. According to Chapter 10, what potentially caused the jurors to come to this conclusion?
A. Dahmer was careful to kill his victims in a manner that minimized his chances of being caught suggesting that he appreciated that his behavior was wrong and could control it. B. The defense didn't present a convincing expert. C. They could find no evil motive for the defendant's actions. D. The jurors thought that he would be released if they voted him not guilty by reason of insanity.