Twenty-nine-year-old Ginny, though having a strong sense
of who she is, has not yet been able to find that significant other for whom she has been searching. She has decided that being on her own is a perfectly acceptable choice and is learning to enjoy it. What psychosocial stage of development best describes Ginny?
a) industry vs. inferiority
b) intimacy vs. isolation
c) generativity vs. stagnation
d) identity vs. role confusion
Answer: b
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Programs aimed at enriching children's environments, such as Project Head Start, have been found to ____.?
a. ?do very little to improve children's IQ scores in the short run b. ?increase children's IQ scores, but the effects do not last c. ?improve children's IQ scores, even years after the program d. ?decrease children's IQ scores, rather than improve them
Maria really wants to move to New York to go to college, but she is sure her parents won't let her move from Pennsylvania to the next state. If she is going to use the door-in-the-face technique, what should she do?
A. Tell her parents she refuses to go to college if she has to stay in Pennsylvania. B. Ask if she can move to the other side of the state, and then if her parents agree ask to move to New York. C. Tell her parents she wants to attend college in France, and when they refuse say that she would be satisfied going to school in New York. D. Agree to go to a school in Pennsylvania, but a week before classes begin tell her parents that she has decided to move to New York instead.
Which of the following is not a step in the information-processing model of social competence?
a. The child must generate a single plan of action and implement it via trial and error. b. The child must focus on and meaningfully interpret the correct social cues being given by a peer group. c. The child must set a goal for the interaction, such as retaliating against an aggressor or making a friend. d. The child must enact a plan of engagement and actively monitor and modify it as necessary.