A prominent reason why adolescents engage in risky behavior is
A. Risky genotypes
B. Lag between development of cerebral cortex and limbic system
C. Excessive pruning of dendrites
D. Maturation deviancy
C. Excessive pruning of dendrites
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Psychologists interested in the attractiveness of faces have used computers to create composite faces. What is one of the findings of research using these composite faces?
a) The composite face is generally rated higher than the faces that contributed to it. b) The rating of the composite face is generally lower than the faces that contributed to it. c) There is little relation between the rating of the composite face and the faces that contributed to it. d) The rating of the composite face is equal to the average ratings of the faces that contributed to it.
The Emotional Autonomy Scale ( Steinberg & Silverberg, 1986 ) contains different scales to
assess different aspects of this construct. Two of these scales are __________ and __________. Fill in the blanks with correct word
Research presented in your text on the own-race bias has shown that in general, people are better at recognizing faces of people
a. who are white. b. who are similar in age and race to themselves. c. of the same gender as themselves. d. who look distinctive or unusual in some way.
Merkel's disks, Meissner's corpuscles, and Pacinian corpuscles all sense
a. pressure. b. warmth. c. cold. d. pain.