Which of the following statements about adolescent friendships is NOT true?
A. Adolescents, more than children, have to learn more complex skills to maintain friendships.
B. In adolescence, friends act more as confidants.
C. Children have more intimate friendships than adolescents.
D. In adolescence, friendships provide a source of support.
Answer: C
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Mirror neurons are thought to play a role in the imitation of behaviour and:
A) response persistence during intermittent reinforcement. B) the formation of classically conditioned emotional responses. C) the emergence of self-awareness. D) the prediction of future behaviour.
Heritability cannot be assessed
A. without studying identical or fraternal twins. B. when the environment is held constant. C. without taking the environment into account. D. if candidate genes are not identified first.
In a study of the behavioral adjustment of a group of children placed in foster care, the children were assessed once a year over a period of 10 years. This is an example of a ______ study
a) cross-sectional b) developmental c) longitudinal d) sequential
A researcher wants to conduct a longitudinal study in which participants are followed and assessed over the course of several years. The recruitment pool for participants consists of students enrolled in an Introductory Psychology course
As compensation for participation, students receive credit for the Introductory Psychology course. Assuming the researcher has no other means of compensating participants, which of the following types of correlated sample designs will be most difficult to conduct? a) Repeated measure b) Matched pairs c) Random assignment d) Independent samples