After twelve years of attending the same schools, Holly and Amy chose to attend colleges in different states. Holly remembered Amy as a shy but friendly girl who rarely took risks,
and so Holly was surprised when her friend sent an e-mail describing the thrill of skydiving. Holly's surprise occurred because Amy's behaviors don't match the ________________ that Holly had observed in high school.
a. peak experiences
b. personality traits
c. archetypes
d. defense mechanisms
Answer: b
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a. coordination of complex motor skills b. memory formation c. general arousal levels d. motivation and emotion
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a. enlarged ventricles in the brain c. abnormally high levels of dopamine b. abnormally low levels of serotonin d. smaller than normal prefrontal cortex
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A. Boys and girls do not gain the ability to reason about abstract concepts and problems. B. In boys and girls, the body is ready for parenthood far earlier than the mind is. C. In boys, the event that signals readiness to reproduce is menarche. D. Boys are not able to engage in scientific reasoning and hypothesis testing.