In a study of attachment formation by Ainsworth and her colleagues (1978), some mothers were less responsive to their babies' signals than others. One group of mothers seemed to be reluctant to hold their babies, showed less warmth and affection than other mothers, and were more rejecting and angry. When their babies were tested in the strange situation test, the children tended to fit which category of attachment?
A. Securely attached
B. Anxious ambivalent
C. Avoidant
D. Disorganized/disoriented
C. Avoidant
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As children enter toddlerhood, they begin to imitate parental activities when they are alone. This is the beginning of which of the following?
a. Sensorimotor play b. Parallel play c. Group play d. Symbolic play
A researcher determines the amount of sleep for each child by interviewing the children's parents. Then the researcher watches the children in the classroom to obtain measurements of their level of attention. The researcher hopes to demonstrate that amount of sleep is related to attention level. This researcher is using a ____ research strategy
a. descriptive b. correlational c. experimental d. scientific
An experiment is a controlled test of a hypothesis in which the researcher manipulates one variable to discover its effect on another
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
What percentage of adolescent girls in the United States will become pregnant at least once before they are 20 years of age?
A) 6% B) 18% C) 30% D) 49%