Which of the following statements is true about the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
A. Girls with ADHD tend to have more disruptive behavior than boys with ADHD.
B. The percentage of children diagnosed with ADHD is much greater in the United States than in other countries.
C. Boys are more likely than girls to develop ADHD in childhood and early adolescence.
D. Epidemiological studies indicate that 20 percent of children develop ADHD.
Answer: C
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Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about the abuse of women?
a. Oswalda: "Men and women actually do the same amount of physical damage when they abuse their partners.". b. Niall: "Men are about 9 times as likely as women to assault a former spouse.". c. Madison: "At present, the legal system does not does not consider emotional harm to be a form of abuse.". d. Peter: "So far, researchers have not been able to document abuse or violence in lesbian relationships.".
Regarding the Type A personality, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. One study of Type A personalities found that 15 percent of a group of 25-year-old doctors and lawyers who scored high on a hostility test were dead by age 50. b. While Type A behavior appears to promote heart disease, depression and distress may be what triggers a heart attack. c. The most damaging patterns of Type A personalities may occur in hostile persons who openly express their anger rather than suppressing it. d. The key psychological factors that increase heart disease risk appear to be anger, hostility, and mistrust.
In many cultures left-handedness is ____
a. only appropriate for males b. acceptable for childhood but not adulthood c. regarded with acceptance and equality d. regarded with fear and contempt
Krystyna is telling her mother about her day at school: "First we said the pledge of allegiance, then we had math and spelling, then lunch and recess, then we learned about frogs in science, then we had music class with Mrs
Letters, then I came home on the bus." This example illustrates Krystyna's ability to tell personal narratives using a ________ structure. A) chronological B) classic C) leap-frog D) constructive