Which of the following statements is true of adolescent suicide?
A) About seven in ten adolescents have attempted suicide at least once.
B) Adolescents who are highly achieving and rigid perfectionists never have suicidal tendencies.
C) Adolescent suicide attempts are more common after stressful life events.
D) Suicidal tendencies decrease from the age of 11 to 21.
C
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A. Sharing household responsibilities B. Financial concerns C. Intimacy D. Maintaining independent lives
Sally labels the driver who cuts her off in rush hour traffic an "idiot." This is an example of
a. cognitive dissonance. b. a self-fulfilling prophecy. c. social norm validation. d. the fundamental attribution error. e. prejudice.
Surveys indicate that the use of contraception has ____ among 15- to 19-year-olds since 1988
A) increased B) decreased C) stayed the same D) survey results are contradictory.
Evolutionary psychologists and sociobiologists would be most likely to agree that:
a. the study of nonhuman species is an effective method in exploring the evolution of human characteristics. b. human males and females differ in their sexual strategies and practices. c. the study of human dating and mating practices around the world is the most effective method in exploring sexual strategies. d. the sexual behavior of the female does not seem to depend on the goal of fertilization because pregnant females continue to have sex.