Adolescents often begin to drink or smoke to reduce their nervousness in social situations by trying to communicate a cool and sophisticated image. This behavior is usually a response to

A. relapse.
B. medication.
C. social anxiety.
D. depression.


Answer: C

Psychology

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These disruptions are referred to as a. aphonia. b. dysprosody. c. dysrythmia. d. anhedonia.

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When Layla's older sister helps her eat breakfast by cutting her pancake into smaller pieces, Layla gets secretly excited that she now has more pancakes. This demonstrates the preoperational cognitive limitation of _______________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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In the ______, the difference scores for each subject/pair are calculated to use as the data to be analyzed.

A. between-samples/paired samples t test B. within-subjects/paired samples t test C. between-subjects/paired samples t test D. related/paired samples t test

Psychology

Synaptic pruning a. is a normal part of brain development

b. is associated with mental retardation, and results in too few connections. c. results from insufficient amounts of neurotrophins. d. results from excess amounts of neurotrophins.

Psychology