Choosing values and behaviors that are the opposite of those your parents expect you to choose is termed

a) moratorium.
b) foreclosure.
c) negative identity.
d) identity diffusion.


C

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a. ?goal-setting b. ?existence, relatedness, growth c. ?initiating structure d. ?expectancy

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Cultural competence:

a. plays a role in the quality of communicatin between doctors and patients. b. is a new construct that has not yet been measured in empirical studies. c. impacts how patients feel about their health care providers, but does not affect quality of care. d. refers to degree of acculturation of the health care provider.

Psychology

To study the effectiveness of a new anti-anxiety drug, researchers randomly assign equally anxious people to two groups, one getting Drug X and the other getting no drug. The researchers mistakenly conclude that Drug X works because people in the drug group show fewer signs of anxiety than the others. What is the mistake? a. They never introduced an independent variable

b. They did not create a placebo control group. c. They never did a pretest of anxiety symptoms. d. They did not operationally define what the experimental group was.

Psychology

When visiting a new church, Amelia wore a suit and a large hat. When she arrived, many of the congregants were dressed in jeans and casual shirts. During the service, many of the congregants stared at Amelia. The stares that Amelia received were because she______.

A. violated social norms B. was disobedient C. was a nonconformist. D. violated explicit expectations.

Psychology