Peer groups provide adolescents with the opportunity to compare and evaluate opinions, abilities, and even physical changes?a process called
A) accommodation. B) social comparison.
C) integration. D) assimilation.
B
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Research has been conducted to determine how often sexual harassment occurs, and the data show that
a. women in the military have a relatively high rate of sexual harassment. b. women in traditionally female occupations are especially likely to experience sexual harassment. c. men in traditionally female occupations are especially likely to experience sexual harassment. d. sexual harassment is relatively common in North America and Europe, but it seldom occurs in Asia.
One-year-old Barker has some trouble dealing with new situations. In addition, he tends to be relatively inactive and moody. With regard to temperament, Barker is best classified as
a. easy. b. difficult. c. slow-to-warm-up. d. secure.
A criticism of both the core knowledge perspective and Piaget's theory focuses on
A) how they ignore children's independent efforts to construct knowledge. B) their inability to explain how heredity and environment jointly produce cognitive change. C) how they underestimate the cognitive competencies of children and adolescents. D) their inability to account for or explain stagewise change.
Which of the following factors is a difference found between rural and inner-city poverty?
A) Number of daily hassles B) Strength of family ties C) Number of negative life events D) Overall stress levels