Compared to teens who begin having sexual intercourse when they are older, teens who experience intercourse at an early age _________
A) ?are more likely to be involved with a same-age rather than an older partner.
B) ?are more likely to be of a lower socioeconomic status.
C) ?tend to have lower rates of HIV and fewer lifetime sexual partners.
D) ?are at increased risk for a variety of adverse health outcomes including substance abuse, depression, childbearing, and criminal convictions.
D
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Based on the clusters of personality disorders listed in DSM-5, which of the following sets of characteristics is associated with paranoid personality disorder?
a. anxious or fearful b. odd or eccentric c. out of contact with reality and delusional d. dramatic, emotional, or erratic
In which of the following situations would Igor be MOST likely to experience reactance?
a. He is out on a first date with an attractive person and trying to make a good impression. b. He comes home and finds his older brother reading his journal—where he has written deep, dark secrets that he does not want anyone to see. c. He sleeps through an important job interview, and only has himself to blame. d. He finds out that his mother has cancer, but that she has been hiding it from him for several years because she didn't want him to worry about her.
Regarding schizophrenia, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Diagnosing types of schizophrenia is fairly subjective, which is why the proposed DSM-5 may no longer make those distinctions. b. The most common schizophrenic type is disorganized schizophrenia. c. Mentally ill individuals who are substance abusers and currently experiencing psychotic symptoms have an increased risk of violence. d. Patients may shift from one pattern to another at different times, so many patients are simply classified as suffering from undifferentiated schizophrenia.
Sleepwalking is related to:
a. immaturity of the nervous system. b. trouble controlling impulses. c. general misbehavior. d. gender, as girls sleepwalk significantly more than boys.