Alexander et al. (2005) contacted adolescents and young adults who had been involved in a study years earlier that was conducted to assess the effects of criminal prosecutions on child abuse victims. These researchers asked respondents to indicate which events had previously happened to them and which event was the most traumatic. According to Chapter 5, what did these researchers find?
A. Respondents who designated child sexual abuse as their most traumatic experience were not very accurate in reporting the details of their experiences.
B. Respondents who designated child sexual abuse as their most traumatic experience were very accurate in reporting the details of their experiences.
C. Surprisingly, most respondents did not report that child sexual abuse happened to them.
D. Although some respondents did report that they had experienced child sexual abuse, they often downplayed the seriousness of the event.
B
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Research on language reveals that:
A) relatively few species have developed anything that could even be considered a form of social communication. B) language really only develops when a species has the ability to communicate vocally. C) most social species have systems of communication that allow them to transmit messages to one another. D) there are no commonalities between human language and signalling systems of other animals.
Ellis, Boyce, and their colleagues proposed that individual differences in children's _____ is an important factor in determining children's long-term reactions to stress
a. biological sensitivity to context c. effortful control b. social referencing d. personality
Describe the repressed memory controversy
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is TRUE of diabetes?
a. The two types of diabetes are both preventable. b. The incidence of type 2 diabetes has decreased in recent years. c. Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney disease, and amputations of feet and legs. d. Type 1 diabetes is related to obesity and lack of exercise.