Chapter 3 1. What is a standardized test? Describe different types of standardized tests. Standardized test are used to evaluate achievement in comparison to that of a sample group of children‚ also to measure a child’s achievement on specific test objectives. Some types of standardized test are: intelligence‚ achievement‚ and aptitude all measuring facets of ability. 2. What is meant by quantifiable scores? Quantifiable scores support interpretation of the test results. Most psychological
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Discuss progression of her life as parallel to change in Florentine Streets (pull in art and religion/rules of society in order to examine the similarities) (also note how in end when Savonarola’s reign ends‚ Florence is better and life is better) Marriage/love art religion Quotes: The City of Florence: During her youth: Page 52: Lorenzo’s death put the city out of sorts in many ways. Page 85: And when soldiers are at war‚ they are not citizens‚ only mercenaries‚ and young virgins are
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Parental Decisions Impact Childhood Obesity Parental Decisions Impact Childhood Obesity Society‚ in general‚ has drastically changed over the past century. Growth and expansion have paved the way for new technological advances‚ but not with some downfalls to go along with it. One such downfall of new technology would be the “convenience factor” (convenient stores for junk food‚ convenient to watch television‚ play video games‚ watch a movie‚ talk or text on a cellular phone as opposed
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Parental Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Temple University Harrisburg Introduction Parental substance abuse and the welfare of children have become a growing epidemic in society today. Thousands of families are facing struggles with addiction which can lead to the interruption of cognitive development and mental growth of their young children. It has been found that “more than 8.3 million children younger than 18 years (11.9%) lived with at least one parent who was dependent on or abused
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Ch. 13: Labor and Birth Process Page: 362 1. A woman in her 40th week of pregnancy calls the nurse at the clinic and says she’s not sure whether she is in true or false labor. Which statement by the client would lead the nurse to suspect that the woman is experiencing false labor? A) “I’m feeling contractions mostly in my back.” B) “My contractions are about 6 minutes apart and regular.” C) “The contractions slow down when I walk around.” D) “If I try to talk to my partner during a contraction
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Objection 1: The argument is invalid because patient autonomy is the ability to have control over what medical procedures are consented to and decided upon‚ while informed consent is define as a patient’s right to be sufficiently informed about medical procedures‚ so the patient is able to make intelligent decisions based on comprehensive data. The author can respond to this: Donating the patient organs and consent is full authority to proceed upon a person’s death. However; there are a large discussion
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Locke on consent and tacit consent Note for Philosophy 166 Locke holds that one becomes obligated to obey political authorities only by one’s free and voluntary consent. Or does he? Locke: “The difficulty is‚ what ought to be looked upon as tacit consent‚ and how far it binds‚ i.e. how far any one shall be looked on to have consented‚ and thereby submitted to any government‚ where he has made no expressions of it at all.” Locke‚ later: “And to this I say that every man‚ that hath any possession
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Medical Research With or Without Informed Consent In 1952‚ paralytic polio peaked in the United States with 21‚000 reported cases and numerous deaths. It was in February 1952; Jonas Salk developed the world’s first polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh and by testing it on cultured “HeLa” cells‚ proved it to be effective for distribution by 1955. The cells he used were collected from a poor black tobacco farmer named Henrietta Lacks‚ born August 1st‚ 1920 in Roanoke Virginia. In January
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Effects of Non-parental Childcare Non-parental childcare is defined by Berns as “the care given to children by persons other than parents during the parts of the day that parents are absent (2010‚ p.161)”‚ and includes in-home care providers‚ family daycare providers‚ and group care‚ center-based providers. Currently‚ family‚ friends and neighbors are the most common form of non-parental child care used in the United States‚ especially for younger children. Over 60 percent of children under the
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Tarasoff; Confidentiality and Informed Consent PSY/305 Abstract This paper describes the events that took place concerning Prosenjit Poddar and Tatiana Tarasoff‚ as well as the ruling in the case of Tarasoff v. Board of Regents of the University of California. The ruling was not a favorable one at first‚ leaving psychologists feeling this would breach their patients trust. Confidentiality is crucial in a therapist-client relationship. “Legislators reacted to therapists’ concerns regarding
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