What sorts of situational factors influence whether adolescents take risks?
A) presence of peers
B) nutrition
C) education
D) moral development
Answer: A
Rationale: When adolescents are with other adolescents there is an increase in adolescent risk taking.
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Which of the following has been found to increase the cognitive functioning of very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) children?
a. Having older siblings in the home with whom to socialize b. Eating a diet low in proteins such as milk, meat, eggs and nuts c. Vigorous physical exercise and play d. Attending preschool
Eighty-nine-year old Jessica establishes college funds for her great-grandchildren, volunteers at a local homeless shelter, and counsels young married couples at her church. Jessica is demonstrating Robert Peck's developmental task of ____.
A. body differentiation versus work-role preoccupation B. body transcendence versus body preoccupation C. ego differentiation versus work-role preoccupation D. ego transcendence versus ego preoccupation
Research manipulating the number of bystanders across groups of randomly assigned participants has found that there is a _____ between the number of bystanders and the probability of any one participant helping.
A) positive correlation B) negative correlation C) direct causal relationship D) causal and inverse relationship
When using correlation, we CANNOT
a. determine the direction of the relationship. b. conclude that a cause-and-effect relationship exists. c. use it to make a prediction. d. determine the strength of the relationship.