Regarding early and late maturation, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. In elementary school, fast-maturing girls are less popular and have poorer self-images, perhaps because they are larger and heavier than their classmates.
b. By junior high, early maturation for girls includes sexual features, which leads to a more positive body image, greater peer prestige, and adult approval.
c. Early maturing girls are more independent and more active in school, but also are more likely to get in trouble at school.
d. Compared to the past, there are fewer American girls reaching puberty at earlier ages.
D
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a. engage in competing responses b. learn to express positive feelings c. increase your expectations of others d. become aware of your emotional reactions in anger-provoking situations e. congratulate yourself for responding assertively rather than aggressively
Rose has just moved to a new city. Her first friends are most likely to be people who live near her in her apartment building. This illustrates which of the following?
a. reciprocity b. attribution c. proximity d. companionate
Between the ages of 25 and 42, the average worker in the United States has five separate employers
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Think back to Festinger and Carlsmith's (1959) classic study on cognitive dissonance. As compared to participants who were paid $20 for doing a boring task, those participants who were paid $1 for doing the same task:
a) liked the task more. b) liked the task less. c) liked the task equally as much. d) were less likely to tell their friends to do the task.