What are the consequences of adolescents' use of formal operations?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Adolescents' ability to reason abstractly, leads to a change in everyday behavior.
- Whereas earlier they may have unquestioningly accepted rules and explanations set out for them, their increased abstract reasoning abilities may lead some to question authority.
- Advances in abstract reasoning also lead to greater idealism.
- Children in this period may become more argumentative. Additionally, adolescents can be indecisive, as they are able to see the merits of multiple sides to issues.
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A) occipital lobe B) cerebellum C) brain stem D) prefrontal cortex
Of the following examples, who is LEAST likely to use contraception?
A) ?Antoine, whose girlfriend is the same age he is. B) ?Marsha, who has a good relationship with her boyfriend, and has regular conversations with him about contraception. C) ?Rita who is involved with a man six years older than she is. D) ?Carla, whose family stresses the importance of personal responsibility for behavior.
Which of the following statements is not true about randomized control trials (RCTs)?
A. Secondary outcomes may be defined, but must be subordinate to a clearly stated primary outcome. B. In RCTs, researchers are increasingly being required to enter their work into a public trial registry before they begin work. C. RCTs generally require investigators to define a single primary outcome. D. Research based on RCTs are generally not eligible for publication in prestigious professional journals.
Melanie Klein believed that during the female Oedipus complex, the girl
A. sees only the positive, not negative, aspects of the mother's breast. B. sees only the negative, not positive, aspects of the mother's breast. C. fantasizes that the father's penis feeds the mother with babies. D. holds her mother responsible for her lack of a penis. E. adopts a masculine position toward both parents.