What percent of all American adolescents report being shy to some extent?

a. 15 percent
b. 30 percent
c. 50 percent
d. 75 percent


ANSWER: c

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A. The elderly don't have the stamina in their jobs that they had when they were younger. B. The elderly don't always have reliable transportation to get to their jobs. C. The elderly continue to face age discrimination in the workplace. D. The elderly lose tax advantages if they continue to work.

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a. internals are less punitive than externals in their judgments of wrongdoers b. externals are more punitive than internals in their judgments of some wrongdoers c. internals are more punitive and less sympathetic than externals in their judgments of wrongdoers d. internals and externals do not differ in their judgment of wrongdoers

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Your 4-year-old daughter is going to testify in court about an event she witnessed. What could you do to make her testimony as reliable as possible?

a. Avoid questioning her repeatedly on a single issue. b. Tell her everything you know about the personalities of the individuals she witnessed. c. Do not give her more than one possible explanation of what happened. d. Tell her not to correct the interviewers when they say something incorrect.

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The __________ theory of gender role development is based on the idea that behavioral differences between men and women are due to the different reproductive pressures each faced over thousands of generations

a. Evolutionary b. Sociocultural c. Schema d. Freudian

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