Debbie, a college student, experiments with drugs despite the fact that her best friend died of an overdose. What might be influencing her behavior?
a. Conformity to peer pressure.
b. Escape from stress.
c. She grew up with parents who used drugs.
d. All of these.
D
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Pagette is nine years old, and it seems that every day she brings home a different friend from school. As she expands her social contacts beyond her immediate family, Pagette is showing behavior that is typical during Freud's:
a. oral stage of personality development b. latency period of personality development c. anal stage of personality development d. phallic stage of personality development
Rosenthal and Jacobson conducted a study in an elementary school where they misinformed teachers about the intellectual potential of randomly selected students. They found that students identified as ‘growth spurters'
actually performed significantly better on an intellectual test at the end of the school year even though the selection of these students was random. Which of the following is the best possible explanation for this finding? a. The randomly selected students were actually smarter. b. The randomly selected students had smarter parents. c. The teacher's expectations of the ‘growth spurters' potential served as a self-fulfilling prophecy. d. Either the randomly selected students were actually smarter or they had smarter parents.
Inhaling amyl nitrate is a form of autoerotic asphyxiation
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Functional-imaging studies have shown that the ________ hippocampal formation becomes active when a person is remembering or performing a navigational task
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.