According to Your Textbook, Which of the Following Environmental Factors

question 16

Multiple Choice

According to your textbook, which of the following environmental factors is associated with reduced intelligence?

• A) bilingual education
• B) attending preschool
• C) consumption of artificial sweetener
• D) stressful family circumstances

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Definitions:

Anxiety-triggering Situations

Scenarios or conditions that provoke feelings of worry, nervousness, or unease.

Psychoanalyst

A therapist who uses Freudian methods of free association, dream interpretation, and other techniques to treat mental disorders.

Resistance

In psychology, an individual's subconscious defense mechanisms that prevent certain thoughts or feelings from entering awareness.

Progressive Relaxation

A technique used to reduce stress and anxiety by tensing and then relaxing each muscle group in the body progressively.