Your 17-year-old son didn't start showing signs of puberty until recently, and still looks like he is 14 years old. What challenges do you face as a parent of a late-maturing male?
a. He is likely to engage in early sexual behavior.
b. He is likely to spend too much time studying.
c. He is likely to be a homebody and prefers to stay at home rather than go out on the weekends.
d. He is likely to have difficulties with alcohol use and delinquency.
D. He is more likely to have difficulties with alcohol and delinquency.
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Which of the following statements is true?
a. Humans are the only species that recognize violations of distributive justice. b. Even primates react negatively when they are overbenefitted by positive inequity. c. Some primates, such as capuchins, respond negatively when they are “paid” less than others for the same amount of work. d. Except for humans, primates suffer from “reciprocity blindness”: they cannot distinguish between equitable and inequitable reward distributions. e. Only humans display free-riding.
A person who scores high on the agreeableness dimension of the Big Five model of personality would tend to be:
a. sympathetic, warm, trusting, and cooperative b. talkative, sociable, fun loving, and affectionate c. daring, nonconforming, and imaginative d. ethical, dependable, and productive
Many of the physiological changes during emotion are caused by
a. the hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline. b. the neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin. c. secondary appraisal. d. muscular tension.
When examining pathology in non-dominant groups, what would the likely revelation be?
a. Non-dominant groups do not display many symptoms of most mental illnesses. b. Minorities tend to be easier to treat when it comes to mental illness. c. Non-dominant groups are not represented enough for any meaningful results. d. There exists too much pathologizing of minorities due to a bias toward Western culture.