What are three sets of parenting behaviors that are associated with positive adolescent outcomes?
What will be an ideal response?
Parental support that creates an emotionally positive environment is associated with higher levels of interpersonal
competence and confidence in adolescents. A lack of psychological control is related to better psychological and
emotional development of adolescents. Psychological control refers to parents trying to change children's feelings or
thoughts to those that the parent feels are more acceptable, threatening to withdraw love, or inducing guilt.
Increased behavioral control refers to monitoring activities and providing clear and consistent guidelines for
acceptable behavior, and is associated with lower levels of antisocial behavior on the part of adolescents.
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Although each dream theory has strengths and weaknesses, studies of dream content have shown a continuity between dreams and waking thought, which supports the
a. psychodynamic theory of dreaming. b. neurocognitive dream theory. c. activation-synthesis hypothesis. d. Gestalt dream theory.
When Thomas was a little boy, his mother often gave him a piece of candy whenever she had to bandage up a scraped elbow or knee. Now that Thomas is in college, he struggles with his weight because every time he feels sad or lonely, he craves something sweet to eat. It is likely that for Thomas, eating candy now serves as a(n) a. conditioned stimulus
b. conditioned response. c. unconditioned stimulus. d. unconditioned response.