Which of the following best describes a mother of a disorganized attached infant?
a. The mother does her best to react to the odd behavior of the infant.
b. The mother is sometimes there for the infant but is sometimes not, thereby confusing the infant.
c. The mother ignores the infant.
d. The mother fails to respond to the infant when he/she is distressed, holds the infant at arms length but then cuddles them later.
D. Mothers in a disorganized attachment pattern tend to behave in disorganized, confusing, and chaotic ways.
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Which of the following statements is correct about the current research on the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon?
a. Monolingual adults and bilingual adults are equally likely to report this phenomenon. b. People are fairly accurate in guessing the number of syllables in the target word, but they are less accurate in guessing the target word's first letter. c. The phenomenon seems to be limited to the English language. d. Research in languages that have grammatical gender shows that people can typically identify the gender of the target word.
Mary is less fearful of death than many older people her age. According to the text, a major reason for Mary's diminished fear of death probably is her
a. having cared for a terminally ill friend b. genuine belief in the afterlife c. feeling that "it can't happen to me" d. having a college education