Describe peer relations in the adolescent years
What will be an ideal response?
Peer relations during the adolescent years become more intense on one level and involve larger networks on another level. Adolescents increasingly spend more time with peers and less time with parents and family. Adolescents form larger groups called cliques and crowds. They also form more intense relationships with friends and start to spend more time with peers of the opposite sex.
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Which of the following is the best summary of how the study of psychology moved away from the study of philosophy?
a. Psychology explores individual rather than global phenomena. b. Psychology employes the scientific method. c. Psychology is interested in the use of therapeutic techniques. d. Psychology explores the roots of abnormal behaviors.
A psychosocial crisis is best resolved through
a. hard work and persistence. b. an orderly unfolding of functions. c. age-graded expectations based on biological maturity. d. a central process linking individuals' needs with cultural expectations.
Which of the following is NOT one of the physical and psychological symptoms associated with nicotine withdrawal?
a. insomnia b. reduced immune response c. irritability d. increased appetite
Jennifer has learned that her boss is very unhappy with her performance on a recent project. She also knows that the company has been in trouble lately, and that people are in danger of losing her job
Which of the following would be the best example of a rational coping response from Jennifer? a. Jennifer goes to her boss, discusses the deficits in her performance, and gets feedback on how to improve. b. Jennifer makes sure to avoid seeing her boss, because if she cannot be found than she cannot be fired. c. Jennifer scrambles to get coworkers who are friends to agree to "share" the blame for the deficient work, so that everyone can't be fired at once. d. Jennifer takes a day off, works on the project at home to try to improve it, and then hopes to submit it without her boss realizing that she redid the work.