Self-regulation is more difficult during adolescence than either childhood or adulthood because . . .
a. Pleasurable activities are experienced as especially rewarding
b. The mere presence of another adolescent increases risky decision making
c. Adolescents have greater difficulty suppressing their attention to competing stimuli
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
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a. is highly specific. b. is activated by the vocal tract. c. is the only sound that is made. d. serves no useful purpose.
In 1989, health professionals in China began a massive antismoking effort in several cities that involved children whose fathers smoked. As part of this effort, all of the following are accurate statements EXCEPT
a. schoolchildren were given antismoking literature and questionnaires to take home to their fathers. b. children wrote letters to their fathers asking them to quit smoking c. children submitted monthly reports on their fathers' smoking habits to their schools. d. photos of the fathers who continued smoking were published in the school newspapers.
According to psychologists, anterograde amnesia is a physically based amnesia in which:
a. there is a memory loss for events that happened after the time of the injury b. there is a memory loss for events that happened prior to the time of the injury c. threatening thoughts and memories are unconsciously pushed from conscious awareness d. people fail to access the appropriate retrieval cues
Kyle is described by his parents as a very happy baby. "He's always smiling, he eats and sleeps at the same time every day, and he's just a pleasure to be around," his mother says. Kyle appears to have a(n) ________ temperament.
A. easy B. slow-to-warm-up C. securely attached D. difficult