Megan told her mother that she has decided to meet Jim, whom she met online. Megan's mother is likely to
a. warn her that she should take time to get to know Jim since comprehensive self-descriptions online force people to construct profiles that are more easily determined over time in a face-to-face relationship.
b. provide empirical evidence that online beginnings are rarely stable over time.
c. be excited for Megan since Jim's online profile indicates he earns a high salary and is above average in attractiveness.
d. tell Megan that she has read research that shows people who feel anonymous will decrease their likelihood of deception when constructing a virtual identity.
A
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a. senile plaques filled with protein. b. ballooning of nerve cells and enlarged areas between adjacent neurons. c. rounded clumps of protein surrounded by masses of destroyed neural tissue. d. rounded deposits in nerve cells often found in the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease.
Researchers now believe that most adolescents:
A. experience great psychological turmoil B. successfully negotiate their teenage years C. have many emotional problems D. pass on to postconventional moral development
Which of the following is true about the cognitive processes that produce behavior?
A. Behaviorists argued that the situation is processed in the "black box." B. The processing that takes place between situation and response is of little importance. C. Cognitive-affective units are equally accessible from memory. D. Cognitive theorists acknowledge that the situation often initiates behavior.
Which of the following factors is associated with the fact that parents with lower socioeconomic status are more likely to have the authoritarian parenting style than are parents with higher socioeconomic status?
a. Parents with lower socioeconomic status are more educated and consequently often see development as a more complex process that requires a more child-friendly approach. b. Parents with higher socioeconomic status often lead more stressful lives so parents may be too stressed to invest the energy needed for authoritative parenting. c. Parents with lower socioeconomic status are more likely to live in neighborhoods where there is violence, drugs, and crime, so having an authoritarian style may actually protect children growing up in dangerous neighborhoods. d. Parents with higher socioeconomic status place a stronger emphasis on family ties and respecting the roles of parents leads them to adopt the authoritarian parenting style more so than parents with lower socioeconomic status.