According to the text, one potential explanation for higher substance use among adolescents who work part-time while attending high school is that they abuse substances
a. for enjoyment.
b. as a stress reliever.
c. because of peer pressure.
d. all of these answers are correct.
Answer: b
You might also like to view...
An industrial-organizational psychologist has been asked to identify the ways in which high-stress and low-stress game designers are different. The psychologist comes up with the tentative explanation that the degree of control over one's work determines the designer's stress level. This tentative explanation, which must be tested, would constitute which step in the scientific method?
a. theory building b. operationally defining the problem c. proposing a hypothesis d. gathering evidence through observations
The conditions that a researcher wishes to prevent from affecting the outcome of the experiment are the __________variables
a. independent b. dependent c. extraneous d. control
The idea that homosexuality evolved as a way to aid the continuation of the homosexual person's genes through the nurturance of other family members, such as nieces and nephews, is called the ____________ hypothesis
a. family support b. kin selection c. sexual support d. kin evolutionary
Let's say we could teach a dolphin to understand the difference between the sentences "The parrot kissed the dolphin" and "The dolphin kissed the parrot." If this were demonstrated, it might mean the dolphin had an understanding of __________.
A. phonemes B. morphemes C. syntax D. pragmatics