Children get better at solving problems when they can generalize a strategy used successfully in other, similar problems. This is known as
a. metacognitive inspirational insight.
b. learning to learn.
c. strategic application.
d. instructional support.
B
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Insanity is a legal status indicating that
a. a defendant is unable to understand the nature and purpose of legal proceedings. b. an individual is dangerous to themselves or to others. c. a person cannot be held responsible for his or her actions because of mental illness. d. a person has a chronic mental illness that is not responsive to treatment.
Cory is a social worker responsible for removing children from homes where parents were cruel and neglectful. After two years of being assaulted by parents and getting body lice from children, Cory has a difficult time getting up to go to work in the mornings. Often he starts crying as he showers and dresses. Eventually, he quits going to work altogether. Cory is probably ____.?
a. ?burned out b. ?experiencing dissociative disorder c. ?experiencing a posttraumatic stress disorder d. ?employing cognitive coping skills
Regarding handedness, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. A small minority of lefties owe their hand preferences to birth traumas, such as prematurity, low birth weight, and breech birth. b. Left-handed persons have a significantly lower incidence of allergies and learning disorders than right-handed persons. c. People with inconsistent handedness may be at risk for more immune-related diseases than persons who are consistently left-handed. d. Collectivist cultures where left-handedness is viewed as especially negative have about half the proportion of left-handed persons as individualist cultures.
In which theory of personality are situational determinants considered a major factor in one's actions?
a. psychodynamic b. projective c. behavioral d. humanistic