Briefly define five uses of media by adolescents specified in Chapter 12. Provide an example for each
What will be an ideal response
Entertainment: an enjoyable aspect of adolescents' leisure lives. • Identity formation: media provide information about career possibilities, gender role identity, role models, etc. • High sensation: media may provide novelty and intensity of sensation sought more by adolescents than adults. • Coping: to relieve and dispel negative emotions. • Youth culture identification: a sense of connection to a youth culture or subculture unified by certain values or interests. • Students will provide their own examples, either drawn from the text or from their own experiences.
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WAIS stands for
a. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. b. William Adult Intellectual Score. c. Wimberley Adult Information Scale. d. Wolpold Achievement Identity Survey
According to the Christian Bible, what best describes Jesus' view on sexuality?
a. He taught that men should be held to the same standards of adultery, divorce, and remarriage as women. b. He advised that women who were caught in adultery should be stoned c. He generally condemned sexuality. d. He established the Christian view of sexuality that dominated Western thought for the next 2000 years.
The start eating center in the hypothalamus is the ____. The stop eating center is the ____
a. hyperphagia; hypophagia b. lateral hypothalamus; ventromedial hypothalamus c. CCK, stomach d. lateral hypothalamus; anterior hyperphagia
High maternal levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) ________.
A. suppress maternal production of cortisol B. suppress fetal production of cortisol C. induce uterine contractions D. protect against premature birth