Buchanan and Hughes (2009) found that sixth- and seventh-graders who believed that adolescence was going to be a time of storm and stress
a. were more likely to be diagnosed with depression.
b. did less well academically.
c. created a self-fulfilling prophecy.
d. had fewer adjustment issues than other adolescents.
c
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A. matched-samples design B. repeated-measures design C. pre-post design D. case study
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a. ordinal c. interval b. nominal d. ratio
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as (a) recovery (b) harnessing (c) operant (d) primary
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a. that the social "life space" shrinks with age b. that aging persons actively embrace the process of disengagement c. that the aging person becomes less governed by rules and norms d. that close relationships are the key to happiness for women, but not men