Adolescents tend to have friends who are similar to them because
A) of norms enforced by cliques.
B) self-disclosure norms make friendships with people who are dissimilar difficult.
C) they often live in homogenous neighborhoods geographically close to people who are
similar to them in socioeconomic status, race, and other demographic characteristics.
D) of reciprocal socialization pressures from parents about their choices of friends.
C
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Which of the following is an advantage of longitudinal studies?
A. They can detect patterns of change, such as the onset of negativism. B. The data they provide allow researchers to determine cause and effect. C. Researchers only need to obtain data from the same participants at one point in time. D. They are quicker to carry out than cross-sectional studies.
Eleanor is a quiet 41yearold housewife. Occasionally, she seems to "become" a 14yearold male juvenile delinquent. Other times she "becomes" a 52yearold, foulmouthed alcoholic. This sounds like a textbook case of
a. schizophrenia. b. manic-depressive disorder. c. dissociative identity disorder. d. conversion disorder. e. bipolar disorder.
Torean is a psychologist who uses hypnosis with his patients. He believes that processes normally under our control are temporarily separated in consciousness and can occur on their own, but that people ultimately decide how to act while under hypnosis. Torean supports the ____ theory of hypnosis
a. ?role b. ?state c. ?dualist d. ?dissociation
The branch of the nervous system that includes neurons that run between the brain and the muscles AND between the brain and the internal organs is the ____
a. ?central nervous system b. ?peripheral nervous system c. somatic nervous system d. ?autonomic nervous system