Which statement accurately reflects children’s response to their parents’ divorce?
a) Early childhood children, more than middle childhood children, are capable of understanding why their parents divorced.
b) Children display increases in externalizing behaviors and decreases in internalizing problems.
c) Children respond negatively, especially in the first 2years following divorce.
d) Girls respond more negatively than boys do.
Answer: c
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A) blood pressure is inherited. B) blood pressure and height are positively correlated. C) being tall causes blood pressure to rise. D) blood pressure and height are negatively correlated.
Why was the perspective followed by Edward Titchener and his followers called structuralism?
a) They wanted to identify the major brain structures. b) Their primary goal was to understand the physiology of the mind. c) They focused their efforts on analyzing the elements of the nervous system. d) Their primary focus was on describing the structure of conscious experience.