Who is at the highest risk for having early sexual activity?
A) Mark, who lives with both of his parents and has a close relationship with both.
B) Beth, who is involved in a number of church activities.
C) Liza, who lives with her single mother and does not do well in school.
D) Leon, whose parents express their disapproval of early sexual activity.
C) Liza, who lives with her single mother and does not do well in school. Risk factors for earlier sexual activity include single-parent households and poor school performance.
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Which conclusion is least consistent with the original formulation of the frustration-aggression hypothesis?
a. The need to aggress in response to frustration can be reduced if the frustrated individual behaves in an aggressive but relatively harmless way toward an object that is not related to the source of the frustration. b. The need to aggress in response to frustration is taught directly by reinforcement, important models, and the media, and can be "unlearned" if the reinforcements and models change. c. The need to aggress in response to frustration is a psychological drive that resembles the physiological drive of seeking food in response to hunger. d. The need to aggress in response to frustration can lead to nonviolent acts of aggression such as spreading rumors about someone or telling hostile jokes.
SIDS is more common among which groups?
A. infants born to mothers with gestational diabetes B. infants with Down's syndrome C. low-birth-weight infants D. infants with cerebral palsy
Emma often shoplifts, as well as other petty crimes, with her group of friends. Even though she has heard that people eventually get caught while shoplifting, she feels that it will never happen to her. Emma's belief is characteristic of
A. social comparison. B. a personal fable. C. perspective thinking. D. the imaginary audience phenomenon.
Adaptive reorganization that occurs at every period of life is called .
A. plasticity B. continuity C. stability D. reductivity