According to David Elkind, adolescents believe that their personal experiences and personal destinies are historically new and unique. What did Elkind call this phenomenon?
a. egocentrism
b. the imaginary audience
c. the personal fable
d. the adolescent growth spurt
Answer: C
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a. angered by his government’s actions. b. uncertain that he is doing the right thing. c. inexperienced in working with others in groups. d. socially anxious. e. somewhat, but not extremely, shy.
What do studies of concordance rates for schizophrenia in monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins show?
a. almost 100 percent concordance in MZ twins, 0 percent in DZ b. very low rates of concordance in either type of twin c. consistent evidence of higher concordance in DZ than MZ d. consistent evidence of higher concordance in MZ than DZ
Kendall was always the class clown. When he goes to university far from home, though, he really changes who he is. He becomes very studious and interested in research, and starts to run around with "smart" kids instead of kids who party all the time (like he did in high school). Kendall's experience at university BEST illustrates ____
a. stability in self-knowledge b. the role of family in revising self-knowledge c. the role of the social world in revising self-knowledge d. how easily a person can just decide to change
Which of the following is an advantage of survey research?
a. Survey participants are easy to recruit since the typical sample is small. b. Survey participants are more likely to be truthful than participants of other research methods. c. Surveys provide insight into real-world behaviors in their natural setting. d. Surveys provide large amounts of data quickly and relatively inexpensively.