According to the goodness-of-fit model, babies with a negative temperamental quality find which of the following parental approaches most desirable?

a. high understanding and high tolerance
b. high demandingness and low tolerance
c. low tolerance and high understanding
d. low demandingness and high tolerance


A. Thomas and Chess proposed the concept of goodness-of-fit, meaning that children develop best if there is a good fit between the temperament of the child and environmental demands.

Psychology

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a. Postponing all thought about "who am I?" b. Thinking about "who am I?" without yet making a decision c. Accepting a parent's desires about your career and marriage, without much thought d. Carefully considering "who am I?" and then making a decision

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According to Benjamin Whorf and the linguistic relativity hypothesis a person's ____________________ determines the nature of a person's ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

The three major categories of neurocognitive disorders listed in the DSM-5 are ____

a. mild neurocognitive disorder, major neurocognitive disorder, and delirium b. minor neurocognitive disorder, major neurocognitive disorder, and dementia c. Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease d. neurocognitive disorder, neurodegenerative disorder, and stroke

Psychology

The posttest-only nonequivalent control group design comes close to being a true experiment and is therefore is a quasi-experimental design

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology