Why are adolescents at a higher risk for rape and sexual assault than any other age group?

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Adolescents are at a higher risk for rape and sexual assault than any other age group because they often have more freedom then younger age groups, they want to explore new behaviors and environments, they are not yet skilled in reading warning signs that may indicate potentially dangerous situations, and they are in close contact with a number of other adolescents every day during the school year.

Psychology

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a. Classical conditioning b. Operant conditioning c. Latent learning d. Desirable difficulties

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a. cooperative play; parallel play b. parallel play; cooperative play c. social skills; academic skills d. academic skills; social skills

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a) contamination. b) travel. c) sexual or aggressive impulses. d) symmetry or order.

Psychology