Most adolescents know that smoking is harmful to their health. Why might they take up smoking in spite of this knowledge?
They are guilty of the sunk cost fallacy.
Logic does not always "feel right."
They want to rebel against their parents.
It will gain them acceptance into a peer group.
It will gain them acceptance into a peer group.
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A distribution with µ = 35 and ? = 8 is being standardized so that the new mean and standard deviation will be µ = 50 and ? = 10 . In the new, standardized distribution, your score is X = 45 . What was your score in the original distribution?
a. X = 30 c. X = 39 b. X = 31 d. X = 45
Both Danielle's biological parents had schizophrenia. When she was three days old, she was adopted by a family that has no history of schizophrenia. In these circumstances, Danielle has:
a. an increased risk for developing schizophrenia, but only if she maintains contact with her biological parents b. the same risk for developing schizophrenia as the rest of her adopted family's children c. no increase in her risk for developing schizophrenia, but an increase in her risk for other psychological disorders d. an increased risk for developing schizophrenia, even if she has no contact with her biological parents
Many teachers underestimate the abilities of ethnic minority children in their classes, which may hurt the students' chances for success due to the occurrence of a(n)
a. Barnum effect. b. anthropomorphic error. c. placebo effect. d. self-fulfilling prophecy.
Green, black, and oolong tea are all prepared from leaves of
A. Xanthus theo. B. Camellia sinensis. C. different herbs. D. Coffea robusta.