According to Erikson, the principal developmental task of adolescence is the establishment of
a. a more or less stable sense of personal identity
b. a sense of confidence or basic trust
c. a sense of intimacy versus isolation
d. an orientation towards generativity
e. a more or less reliable sense of ego integrity
A
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a. face validity. b. criterion validity. c. convergent validity. d. content validity.
Amira notices a lump in her breast, but convinces herself that it was always there. As she continues to examine her breasts monthly, the lump remains and seems larger, but each time Amira finds a way to explain it away--the lump is just a result of the uncomfortable bra she was wearing, the lump is connected to her menstrual cycle, and so forth. In fact, she never has the lump investigated
because she interprets the lump in terms of her belief that she is "healthy.". Amira has succumbed to which social psychological error in thinking? a. confirmation bias b. attribution c. self-fulfilling prophecy d. chronic negative affect
The Type A behavior pattern is a significant predictor of _____
A) mental illness B) coronary heart disease C) cancer D) respiratory illnesses
In both Europe and the United States, the unemployment rate is ____ for emerging adults as compared to adults beyond age 25
a. 25% higher b. 75% higher c. 100% higher d. 200% higher