________ occurs when the presence of others causes individuals to relax their standards.

A. Normative social influence
B. Cognitive dissonance
C. Social facilitation
D. Social loafing


Answer: D

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a. Galileo b. Aristotle c. Newton d. Einstein

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A) is complete by the time a baby is born. B) occurs at a relatively constant rate across all areas. C) is completed in the cerebral cortex by approximately 1 year of age. D) continues into adulthood for some parts of the brain.

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a. Girls tend to express more negative emotions than boys do. b. Infants who have difficulty regulating their emotions at six months of age are more likely to be noncompliant children later on. c. Preschoolers who have trouble with anger and emotion regulation display poor social competence later on. d. The inability to regulate negative emotions is part of the behavioral profile of children with conduct disorders.

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