According to James E. Marcia's theory, adolescents who actively explore issues but have yet to make any clear commitment are displaying a state of

a. identity-diffusion. c. moratorium.
b. foreclosure. d. identity-achievement.


C

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a. subtractive color mixing. b. primary color mixing. c. complementary color mixing. d. additive color mixing.

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One explanation of phantom limb pain is that the brain "remembers" the missing body part.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Last year, Bill came down with the flu the night after eating clam chowder soup. For several weeks, he couldn't think about clam chowder soup without feeling nauseated. Bill experienced:

A. taste-aversion learning B. trial learning C. systematic desensitization D. discrimination

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Which of the following statements is most closely associated with Angell?

a. Coeducation violates a custom so universal that it expresses a fundamental human instinct. b. Pragmatism is willing to take anything, to follow either logic or the senses and to count the humblest and most personal experiences. c. If we wish to conquer undesirable emotional tendencies in ourselves we must mercilessly go through the outward movements of those contrary dispositions which we prefer to cultivate. d. Mind and body cannot be separated; they act as a unit in an organism’s struggle for survival.

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