A study by Walline et al., (2009) randomly assigned one group of children to wear contact lenses and another group to wear glasses to correct myopia. Did the results of the study indicate any differences between the two groups?
a. Yes, those wearing glasses had lower global self-worth scores
b. Yes, those wearing contacts had lower global self-worth scores
c. Yes, those wearing contacts rated their physical appearances, athletic competence, and social acceptancemore highly
d. No, there were no differences found between the groups
c
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A) tend to by flighty, shifting from one thing to the next. B) are happy and satisfied, have a high need for social approval, and tend to be authoritarian. C) show relatively high anxiety and experience psychological conflict. D) are psychologically healthy, higher in achievement motivation and moral reasoning than adolescents in any other status.
Nine-year-old Xinyin is a boy from China, a collectivistic culture. He would be MORE likely than his counterpart in the United States to answer the fill-in-the-blank question, "I am ______________" with the following
a. one of the smartest kids in my class b. a boy with brown hair c. a son d. good at soccer and tennis
Which of the following describes the trends of U.S. adolescent substance use from the last three decades?
a. Use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana has declined. b. Use of alcohol has declined, but use of cigarettes and marijuana has increased. c. Use of alcohol and marijuana has increased but use of cigarettes has declined. d. Use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana has all increased.
Karen Horney is known for her
A) rejection of the concept of penis envy. B) concept of basic anxiety. C) concept of the "Real Self" (our perceptions of the inner core of personality). D) concept of the "Despised Self" (our perceptions of our own inferiority). E) all of these.