Eight-year-old Dwayne is pretty shy at home, where he is in the middle of 12 children, but extroverted at school, where he is the leader of his friends. What might be the reason for his personality change?
What will be an ideal response?
Peer groups have a powerful influence on which personality traits are encouraged and expressed, and peers can even override the child's situation at home.
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According to Carl Jung, each person's own repressed thoughts that have been pushed out of awareness are contained in the __________.
A. persona B. personal unconscious C. archetype D. collective unconscious
From an "ethgender" point of view, which adolescent likely has the lowest self-esteem?
A. Juano, an African American male B. Burt, a Native American male C. Maria, a Hispanic female D. Rita, an Asian American female
When studying for her psychology exam, Amy would read each word from the list of key terms at the end of the chapter, read the definition of the term, and then think of an example that illustrated each term. Amy was using the process of ____ to hopefully enhance her memory of the terms
a. elaboration b. expanded attention c. retrieval d. imagery
When children in the concrete operational stage are able to recognize that if 4 x 2 = 8, then 2 x 4 does, too, they are exhibiting
a. reversibility. b. object permanence. c. animism. d. egocentrism.