Mentally ill men who commit violence are more likely to have been ________ before the violence than are mentally ill women who commit violence.

What is the most common form of presenile dementia?

a) delirium b) Pick's disease c) Alzheimer's disease d) multi-infarct dementia

Which of the following statements is true about scaffolding?

A. Turn taking and games like peek-a-boo seldom reflect the development of joint attention by the caregiver and the infant. B. Studies indicate that when adults used explicit scaffolding (encouragement) with 13- and 14-month-old infants, they were twice as likely to engage in helping behavior as were their counterparts who did not receive the scaffolding. C. Scaffolding discourages parental support in children's efforts; the emphasis is on allowing children to be more skillful by relying only on their own abilities. D. A study of disadvantaged families revealed that an intervention designed to enhance maternal scaffolding with infants was linked to lower cognitive skills when the children were 4 years old.