According to the article Coming of Age about the timing of puberty and adolescent behavior, the correlations were weakest between:
(a) pubertal status and age
(b) pubertal status and delinquency
(c) pubertal status and sexual experience
(d) sexual experience and delinquent behavior
B
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Research conducted by Chalder and associates (2006) on adolescents with alcoholic parents indicated that these adolescents ____
a. reported drinking heavily and drinking alone, with the goal of becoming intoxicated and forgetting problems b. reported having to take on adult responsibilities as children c. reported only moderate social drinking and never drinking alone, because they feared the negative consequences of excessive alcohol use they witnessed in their parents d. reported similar drinking patterns to adolescents with non-alcoholic parents
Which of the following is NOT one of the components in Baddeley's model of working memory?
a. the visuospatial sketchpad b. the kinesthetic map c. the phonological loop d. the central executive
David wants to look at genetic influences on IQ, so he administers a battery of tests to Frank and Fred, who are fraternal twins; Sidney and Sheldon, who are identical twins; and Larry and Harry, who are non-twin brothers. David's supervisor asks him to make a guess about which set of siblings will most likely have the most similar IQs. David's best guess would be
A. Frank and Fred. B. Sidney and Sheldon. C. Larry and Harry. D. Since they're all siblings, the correlation should be about the same for all pairs.
The extent to which we believe we are capable of achieving our goals is known as ________
a. self-concept b. self-esteem c. possible self d. self-efficacy