Parents often feel that, as their child gets older, the child shares less intimacy with them. Which statement about the intimacy between parents and adolescents is true?
a. Adolescence is noted for a decrease in parent/child intimacy.
b. Adolescence is noted for an increase in parent/child intimacy.
c. The intimacy the child has with the parent stays about the same through adolescence as it was in childhood.
d. Adolescents become less intimate with peers during this period.
c
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A. middle-aged adults do not take good care of themselves, and it affects the health of their brains B. middle-aged adults carry greater loads of stress, which adversely affects their health C. researchers have found that 20 genes that are vital to learning, memory, and mental flexibility begin to function less efficiently as early as age 40 D. middle-aged adults are too busy to participate in mental learning and activities to maintain mental flexibility
Alex changes his behavior in response to self-presentation concerns and various situations, and thus, he is exhibiting a high level of
a. self-monitoring. b. self-complexity. c. self-verification. d. self-esteem.
The Seattle Longitudinal Study results suggest that between the ages of 25 and 60:
a. there appears to be no uniform decline in general intellectual ability b. there appears to be a slow, steady decline in general intellectual ability c. there appears to be a slow, steady increase in general intellectual ability d. general intellectual ability is stable until around the age of 40, when it begins to decline rapidly
Regarding suicide, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. For every ten potential suicides, eight give warning beforehand. b. Direct threats to commit suicide and the giving away of prized may be pleas for help. c. Suicides cannot be prevented with the person finding a way to do it anyway. d. Only three to five percent of suicide cases involve people who really want to die.