An eighth-grade male who exhibits feelings of confusion, anxiety, depression, and dramatic mood swings is
a. demonstrating behavior that is highly common for this age group.
b. demonstrating behavior that is highly unusual for this age group.
c. demonstrating behavior that occurs in varying degrees of frequency within this age group.
d. exhibiting behavior that is common among males in this age group, but not females.
Ques. 2According to the principle of specific transfer, if you were to teach first uppercase, and then lowercase, printed letters, which of the following letters would tend to promote the most transfer?
a. S
b. G
c. R
d. B
Ques. 3Since the 1970s, a number of studies in the area of adolescent development have reported that
a. depression is experienced by the vast majority of American teenagers.
b. many females, but very few males, report experiencing depression.
c. many adolescents report experiencing concern about physical, but not emotional, problems.
d. emotional turmoil is experienced by adolescents in varying degrees but is not universal.
Ques. 4Creating an external representation of a problem, such as a picture, equation, or graph, is doubly useful since it aids in _______________ as well as in problem solving.
a. anxiety control
b. motivation
c. problem framing
d. problem evaluation