Pubertal changes begin when a threshold of __________ and results in biological changes in an adolescent's anatomy, physiology, and physical appearance.

a. body fat is reached
b. a specific age is reached
c. specific height is reached
d. after the rites of passage have occurred


Answer: a. body fat is reached

Psychology

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a) African Americans report higher lifetime and 12-month prevalence rates of major depression and panic disorder compared to European Americans. b) African Americans report higher lifetime prevalence rates of bipolar disorder. c) Caribbean blacks who were foreign-born were more likely than African Americans to report substance abuse disorders. d) The prevalence of substance abuse disorders was lower among African American women compared to Caribbean Black women.

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The standard error of the difference between two means is

a. the standard deviation of a set of difference scores. b. the standard deviation of a set of means of difference scores. c. the variance of the means. d. the standard deviation of the pretest scores.

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Which of the following is NOT true of the feeling of knowing phenomenon? a. People's judgments of their prospective ability to recognize the answer to a question are positively correlated with later recognition performance

b. Even though people may not be able to produce the answer to a question, they are fairly good at predicting whether they could recognize it if it were later presented to them. c. Although feeling of knowing performance is fairly good, it is far from perfect. d. People tend to underestimate their knowledge.

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According to Bowlby and Ainsworth, what type of adult attachment style does Jason have? Explain.

What will be an ideal response?

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