According to the research of Peake, Hebl, and Mischel (2002) which of the following is NOT correct regarding preschool children's ability to delay gratification?
a. Left to their own devices, preschool children are very successful in delaying gratification.
b. If attention is engaged in other tasks, preschool children are successful in delaying gratification.
c. For preschool children, a critical part of resisting temptation is the ability to control the direction of attention.
d. For preschool children, a critical part of resisting temptation is the ability to move the focus of attention across a situation strategically.
a
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Which of the following statements regarding neuroticism and young people today is true?
a. Girls measure substantially higher than boys. b. High school students measure higher today than they did in previous generations. c. Boys measure substantially higher than girls. d. High school students measure lower today than they did in previous generations.
In the Tarasoff case, the perpetrator, Poddar was deemed to suffer from:
a) Bipolar depression b) Paranoid schizophrenia c) Antisocial personality disorder d) The delusional disorder of erotomania