Research has found that girls who mature earlier than their peers are at risk for several problematic consequences. Which of the following is NOT one of those outcomes, as noted by your authors?
a. being depressed
b. being less popular than her peers
c. being more likely to smoke and drink
d. having unrealistically high self-esteem
d
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The combination of race and gender simultaneously affecting an adolescent's self-esteem is called __________.
A. self-confusion B. ethgender C. multiple identity D. identity confusion
Once children discover that their gender is permanent, they are likely to want to engage in behavior that is "sex appropriate" as defined by their culture. This process is referred to as
a. operant conditioning. b. observational learning. c. self-socialization. d. classical conditioning.
Early demonstrations of the Rorschach included validation by
a. reviews by content-area experts familiar with the underlying constructs. b. performance of individuals who analyzed the responses of individuals they had never met, making a diagnosis, and validating the diagnosis against other data sources. c. large-scale field work that involved thousands of individuals tested by hundreds of administrators whose skill levels varied. d. standard psychometric methods that yielded surprisingly high validity.
Karla works for a large advertising firm, and her latest assignment is to develop a campaign urging people to get their annual flu shot. The campaign can be classified as a type of:
a. secondary prevention b. tertiary prevention c. primary prevention d. auxiliary prevention