A number of leading experts on adolescent sexuality conclude that abstinence-only programs
A. provide useful knowledge about safe sex to sexually active adolescents.
B. are more effective at reducing the risk of sexually transmitted infections than sex-education programs.
C. are less effective at reducing the risk of adolescent pregnancy than sex-education programs.
D. prevent adolescent pregnancies better than sex-education programs emphasizing contraceptive knowledge.
Answer: C
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a. changing your facial expression can change the emotion that you are experiencing b. facial expressions are accurate indications of internal emotional states c. different internal states trigger unique facial expressions d. the facial expressions of others can affect our subjective emotional responses
Rosie got a bad grade on a test. Instead of admitting that she didn't study as much as she should have, she tells her parents that it is because the teacher didn't prepare her well enough and that she was having a bad day. This is due to:
A) the correspondence bias. B) the self-fulfilling prophecy. C) situational attribution. D) dispositional attribution.
Giftedness has traditionally been defined by IQ scores of ______ or greater.
A. 110 B. 120 C. 130 D. 140
Chucky is two years old. He throws a tantrum in an effort to get what he wants. His mother refuses to give in and lets Chucky tire himself out. He begins to realize tantrums do not work and that his exhaustion from them is very unpleasant. This is an example of:
A. stimulus generalization. B. higher-order conditioning. C. stimulus discrimination. D. aversion therapy.