Which of the following has been shown by research to be an area in which adolescents are influenced by their friends?
a. Encouragement of risk behaviors
b. Discouragement of risk behaviors
c. Encouragement of positive behaviors
d. All of these answers are correct
Answer: d
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a. anti-stressor c. mediator b. coping mechanism d. moderator
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a. inherited familial patterns. b. emotional conditioning. c. operant extinction. d. instrumental acquisition.
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A. seldom produces any noticeable symptoms. B. always triggers unconsciousness or coma. C. contributes to the development of epilepsy. D. produces different symptoms that depend on the size and location.
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A. Justin is left-handed. B. Justin is right-handed. C. Justin is ambidextrous, showing no preference for one hand over the other. D. no predictions about Justin's handedness can be made without further information.