Describe a developmental cascade that occurs in cases of teen substance abuse
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Children may begin as slightly more aggressive and uncooperative with parents or may have been exposed to coercive or lax parenting. They tend to be aggressive with peers and are often rejected. They gravitate to deviant groups of teens who model and reinforce consumption of drugs and/or alcohol.
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According to Freud, when you awaken in the morning and remember a dream, you are recalling the dream's
a) latent content. b) deep meaning. c) surface meaning. d) manifest content.
Which of the following analyses of cognitive development is in strict accordance with a Piaget-type analysis?
A. Malik learned to put on a shirt by being shown to do so in stages by his mother. B. Nia learned to use a fork by watching her father use a fork. C. Robert learned to throw a ball by individual practice and being taught by his sister. D. Sandra learned to discriminate between orange juice and lemon juice by tasting them.
Young people who identify with labels such as hood, loser, or druggie are likely to develop a
A. foreclosed identity. B. moratorium. C. social conscience. D. negative identity.
Which of the following reasons would be LEAST likely to explain why people may engage in sadomasochistic behavior?
A) ?Masochistic behavior may provide a guilt-relieving mechanism for people who believe sex is sinful and immoral.
B) ?Sadistic behavior may temporarily alleviate feelings of insecurity.
C) ?Sadistic or masochistic behavior may heighten physiological arousal.
D) ?Sadomasochism may help individuals overcome sexual aversion.