Discuss why adolescence is a particularly vulnerable time for the expression of stress and/or symptoms related to trauma
What will be an ideal response?
• Brain differences – HPA axis and unique brain development that occurs in adolescence (frontal cortex)
• Less buffering of stress-response
• Cumulative effects of trauma or maltreatment become more observable
• Social challenges that occur during adolescence
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Children
a. may share things with their peers that they will not bring up in the home. b. generally are not influenced by peers. c. generally strive to be independent and different from peers. d. always do things they would not normally do because of peers.
Regarding sexual orientation, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Starting with their earliest erotic feelings, most people remember being attracted to either the opposite sex or the same sex. b. Sexual orientation is a deep part of personal identity and is usually quite stable. c. The chances are practically nil of an exclusively heterosexual or homosexual person being "converted" from one orientation to the other. d. Sexual orientation is mainly a learned behavior and is not caused by genetic or prenatal hormonal influences.
The psychodynamic theory of human motivation centers on
a. insight. c. reinforcement. b. the unconscious. d. introspection.
The performance of relatively trivial positive actions for members of a minority group can be later used as an excuse for later discriminatory treatment. This is known as ________
a) hostile sexism b) shifting standards c) reverse discrimination d) tokenism