Early-maturing boys tend to be __________.
A. less self-confident
B. rated as unattractive by peers
C. followers rather than leaders
D. a match with the cultural masculine ideal
Answer: D
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a. attention b. habituation c. mental hardware d. mental software
Leonard becomes silent when his therapist asks him about his relationship with his mother. As the therapist continues to explore this area of Leonard's life, Leonard either skips sessions or arrives late. In psychoanalytic terms, Leonard is exhibiting
a. resistance. b. transference. c. covert sensitization. d. reciprocal inhibition.
Situations involving conflict trigger feelings of stress because:
a. the situation is appraised as challenging b. only people with an external locus of control experience conflict c. one choice or goal must be given up d. they are usually accompanied by many major life changes
In terms of individual differences in intelligence among infants:
a. there are no individual differences in intelligence among infants. b. infant intelligence develops in a discontinuous, stage-like process across childhood. c. there can be a great deal of variability in intelligence among infants. d. there is a genetic process of development that minimizes individual differences in infant intelligence.