Velez, Wolchik, Tein, and Sandler (2011) wanted to determine the benefit for children of an intervention program for divorced mothers that focused primarily on the quality of the mother-child relationship and effective disciplinary methods
What did Velez and colleagues find in their study?
a. By increasing the quality of the mother-child relation, the intervention program reduced children's coping efficacy and active coping.
b. The intervention program reduced the quality of the mother-child relation but improved children's coping efficacy and active coping.
c. By increasing the quality of the mother-child relation, the intervention program improved children's coping efficacy and active coping.
d. The intervention program reduced the quality of the mother-child relation and as a result reduced children's coping efficacy and active coping.
c
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a. showing signs of proactive interference. b. experiencing retrograde amnesia. c. suffering from Korsakoff's syndrome. d. using repression to push the memories out of her conscious awareness.
Supreme Court decisions suggest that employment tests involving height, weight, and physical strength
a. must be evaluated using different validity procedures than are psychological tests. b. must be evaluated using the same validity procedures as psychological tests. c. are not subject to evaluation for psychometric properties. d. cannot be used under any circumstances.
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a. problem-solving b. helplessness c. delegation d. escape
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A. financial resources B. reaching the age of 65 C. whether a spouse retires D. companies "forcing" retirement to make room for younger workers