One researcher, Males (2009, 2010), has suggested that the brain development hypothesis that is often used to explain the transition to adulthood in young adults is wrong. Instead, Males argues that ____ is a stronger predictor of risky behavior than neurological changes
a. sexual activity or inactivity
b. endocrine functioning
c. poverty
d. sex
c
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Regarding self-efficacy, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. People with higher levels of self-efficacy are more likely to succeed in the tasks that they undertake. b. Self-efficacy can play a role in the success of dieting and smoking cessation. c. Successful experiences boost self-efficacy in children but not in adults. d. Compared to people with low self-efficacy, people with high self-efficacy are more likely to persevere when facing challenges. e. People with low self-efficacy are easily convinced of the futility of effort in the face of difficulties.
Six-year-old Tiana recognizes that she is still a girl when she cuts her hair short, wears overalls, and plays with toy cars. Tiana has developed __________
A) a gender schema B) a gender identity C) gender dysphoria D) gender constancy
________ refers to the condition in which media violence reduces emotional arousal while watching violence
a. Counterconditioning b. Extinction c. Punishment d. Cognitive mapping e. Psychic numbing
A famous lecturer argues that because the Hopi Indians have only two nouns for things that fly, one for birds and another for nonbirds, the Hopi MUST interpret all flying things in terms of these two nouns. This argument is based upon ______
a. idealized prototype construct c. deep structure elaboration b. bottom-up processing d. the linguistic relativity hypothesis