The identity prototypes associated with reputation-based peer groups most likely serve the developmental purpose of
A) helping teens understand their potential roles as adults.
B) maintaining order and discipline among groups in the educational setting.
C) clarifying appropriate targets for social and romantic interests.
D) helping to create or reinforce adolescents' sense of identity.
D
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a. a discrete variable b. a positively skewed variable c. a continuous variable d. an independent variable
Marcus is about 1 ½years old. His mother left him at a friend’s house to play for the first time while she took the family car in for maintenance. Marcus did not show distress when his mother left nor did he immediately approach her when she returned. What pattern of attachment is this??
a. ?avoidant b. ?secure c. ?disorganized d. ?anxious-ambivalent
Do you agree with Freud when he said that the two basic human instincts are to love and to hate (in other words, be aggressive) or to create and destroy? Are there other instincts he did not include in his theory? What examples from human history or from your own life do you have to support your opinion, either way?
What will be an ideal response?
The predetermined unfolding of genetic information is known as
a) nurture. b) influences of the physical and social environment. c) maturation. d) conception.