Maturation is defined as the
a. physical growth and development of the body, brain, and nervous system.
b. organism's ability to adapt to changing conditions.
c. sum of all the external conditions affecting development.
d. transmission of physical and psychological characteristics from parent to offspring.
ANSWER: a
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A) revert to a more traditional gender role around the home. B) spend more time outside the home as a wage earner. C) take an even more active role in parenting. D) tend to the older child less often.
Compared to the moods of older adolescents and adults, the moods of younger adolescents are
A) more positive. B) more stable. C) strongly related to situational changes. D) less intense.
Which of the following correctly represents the phase sequence of Hans Selye's general adaptation syndrome?
a) Resistance; exhaustion; alarm reaction b) Alarm reaction; stress coping; resistance c) Stress coping; resistance; alarm reaction d) Alarm reaction; resistance; exhaustion
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A. the huge amount of time and effort required to review and collect data from large databases. B. studies that are unable to achieve statistically reliable findings and fail to reach publication. C. observers who have strong feelings or characteristics that bias the results. D. the unavailability of techniques to extract information from video streams.