In Mischel's research, preschoolers delayed their gratification by waiting for

A) birthday presents.
B) recess.
C) pretzels and marshmallows.
D) the end of class.


Answer: C

Psychology

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a. Our actions are energized by a mixture of internal needs and external incentives. b. Incentive value cannot be used to explain the drives for success, status, and approval. c. Some goals are so desirable that they can motivate behavior in the absence of an internal need. d. Some goals are so low in incentive value that they may be rejected even if they could meet the internal need.

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Children are most likely to demonstrate committed compliance when

a. they experience a warm, mutually responsive relationship with their parents. b. their parents are consistently available to impose a punishment. c. parenting style involves a permissive approach. d. parents are strict and authoritarian.

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The most common chromosomal abnormality appears on the 21st chromosome and is known as ____

a. Down syndrome c. Triple X syndrome b. anencephaly d. spina bifida

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Why is it possible to get pubic lice and scabies from articles of clothing and bed sheets?

What will be an ideal response?

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