Which of the following is NOT a reason that adolescents are more likely to use and abuse drugs?
a. the adolescent's belief that the risks of drug use are low
b. drugs being readily available.
c. drug use by their peers being viewed as acceptable
d. the adolescent's brain systems that restrain risktaking being more mature than those involved in reward
pleasure-seeking
ANSWER: d
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We can’t say, for example, that a small effect size (? = .2) implies ______, and a large effect size (? = .8) implies ______.
a. high practical significance; low practical significance b. low statistical significance; high statistical significance c. low practical significance; high practical significance d. low p values; high p values
Greendorfer and Ewing (1981) examined race and gender differences in children's socialization into sports and found
A. no difference among races in sport socialization B. that among white children, boys are less influenced by their peers and their fathers C. that among black children, girls are more influenced by their peers and their fathers D. considerable differences in socialization depending on race and gender
According to the text, ____ are ways of organizing information into coherent patterns
mnemonic devices encoding and retrieval sorting and filing retrieval clues
Describe how colors are detected and processed in the retina before being sent to the brain.
What will be an ideal response?