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What is the output of this program? #include int main() { int a = 5, b = 10; int result = (a >= b) ? 1 : 0; printf(“%d\n”, result); return 0; }

What is the output of this program? #include int main() { int x = 5; if (x > 0) { printf(“Positive\n”); } else { printf(“Negative\n”); } return 0; }

The for loop is used for iterating over a range of values.

Which of the following is a valid floating-point constant in C?

Betsy, a 12-month-old, was a participant in the strange situation experiment. When her mother was separated from her, she did not cry. She avoided her mother when she reentered the room. In fact, her mother, a person with paranoid schizophrenia, seemed to actively dislike Betsy and did little to interact with her. Betsy can be classified as what type of attachment?    

Janice, a five-year-old, has developed extensive power over her motor skills. She is more and more engaged in social interactions with others. She is learning a balance between eagerness for more adventure and more responsibility. She is trying to control her impulses and attempting to differentiate between reality and her childish fantasies. Because her caregivers are encouraging she has learned to accept responsibility without excessive guilt and is involved in using her imagination and active role playing or make-believe games. Which stage of Erickson’s model is she demonstrating?

Timothy, a boy of 11 years, is of short stature and extremely overweight. The boy had difficulty at birth. He was floppy and had poor muscle tone. He was underweight and had trouble with the sucking reflex. At 11, Timothy has poor motor skills, underdeveloped sexual organs, and is substantially overweight. Timothy has cognitive problems, learning disabilities, and mild intellectual disability. He is irritable, easily distracted and extremely difficult to control when thwarted. In addition, he complains of having overwhelming feelings of hunger, regardless of the amount of food he has consumed. His mother states, “Timothy is aggressive and difficult to control. He became angry with me one evening and I found him standing over my bed with a knife. He fights with his sister (13) and causes her to be so afraid of him that she stays at my mothers house as often as we allow. He throws tantrums when he doesn’t get his way. What is wrong with my son?”  

Kate is torn. She feels she should volunteer time on the weekends to the hospice program, but she also would like to hang out with her friends and have a good time. She decides to spend Sundays at the hospice and Saturdays with her friends. According to Freud, Kate’s __________ helped her reach this compromise.  

Eric, a 25-year-old man, is struggling with his relationship with his girlfriend, Amelia. She wants to get married and have a child. Eric’s family does not like Amelia, nor does Amelia’s family approve of Eric. Amelia wants to return to medical school to become a pediatrician (she is presently working in a bank.) Eric has worked in several jobs since finishing his bachelor’s degree in business. He was recently laid off at a factory where he had a floor supervisors position. He really doesn’t know what career to pursue. Although he knows he loves Amelia and wants to be with her he is not sure he is ready to commit to marriage right now.  Which of Erickson’s stages is this person illustrating?  

Adrian, 4, is taking in new information about his environment. He assimilates this information. His cognitive changes result in accommodation, which refers to a modification of his cognitive structures (schemas) to deal with new information. Piaget indicated that the balance between assimilation and accommodation is called what?