Paige is a shy 15-year-old who tries to avoid social encounters as much as possible. Compared with her outgoing, socially confident friend Krista, who is also 15, Paige is ________.
a. likely to undergo a sudden transformation in her way of relating to others
b. developing in the same context as Krista but responding very differently to it
c. at an earlier stage of development, because Paige has not yet mastered essential social skills
d. developing in a very different context from Krista's, based on Paige's unique combination of personal and environmental circumstances
d. developing in a very different context from Krista's, based on Paige's unique combination of personal and environmental circumstances
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a. unconscious thought processes b. central route processing c. Maslow's physiological needs d. polychronic activity
Sociometric techniques are specifically used to measure
a. cognitive maturity. b. intelligence. c. who is liked or disliked in a group. d. psychomotor activity levels.
You are a rookie correctional officer at a state prison. The day is coming to an end and the inmates are in their cells. As you make your rounds to count heads, one of the inmates asks you if you'd bring him a piece of dental floss. He says he has an uncooked grain of rice from dinner stuck in his back teeth and it is very painful. He only needs a small piece, surely not enough to pose any problem. According to prison rules, dental floss may only be used in the shower area, under observation. It is apparent to you that the inmate is in discomfort, and you know this inmate to be well-behaved. To decide how you will act, you consider the ethical systems that might apply to the situation. If you decide to refuse the inmate's request because you believe your duty to your job requires you to
follow the rules completely, which ethical system would this illustrate? A. Ethical formalism B. Utilitarianism C. Ethics of care D. Teleological ethics
A frog muscle is stimulated with an electric current but the muscle doesn't twitch. This probably happens because ________
a. ionic balance has been restored b. the synapses are underactive c. the threshold of excitation was not reached d. the graded potential is too great