18-year-old Sam has experimented with drugs throughout high school. He has now begun to use inhalants and take the prescription drug OxyContin. Which statement is most likely to be true?
A) He has a good relationship with his parents.
B) He gets more than 9 hours of sleep a night.
C) He has also used marijuana in the past.
D) He gets good grades in school.
C) He has also used marijuana in the past. Substance use usually starts during adolescence, and it usually begins with legal-for-adults drugs such as alcohol and tobacco. If it progresses, marijuana is typically used next, then other illegal drugs.
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Loreena's mother stays at home and is her primary caregiver. Her father works on the road and is home for a few days at a time, after weeks away. What would Shonkoff and Phillips (2000) say about her relationship with her parents
a. She would probably be closer with her father because he does not discipline her much. b. She would probably be closer with her mother because she is the primary caregiver. c. Loreena would probably be equally close with both. d. Shonkoff and Phillips did not study attachment.
If you are an adolescent living in _______________ you are most likely to be participating in an apprenticeship program
a. the United States b. New Zealand c. Germany d. Canada
The results of the Carolina Abecedarian Project indicate that intervention does not improve disadvantaged children's IQ scores
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In comparison to the late 1800s in the United States, today the period of adolescence is ___________ and it is _________ complex
a. shorter; more b. shorter; less c. longer; more d. longer; less