Their capacity for ____ allows adolescents to take broad views of situations.

a. understanding abstract symbols
b. metaphor
c. decentration
d. convergent thinking


Answer: c. decentration

Psychology

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Many adolescents fail to show the insight and reasoning ability of adults due to immature frontal lobes

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following is the approach in which test results are interpreted by using a set of rules?

a. Clinical b. Statistical c. Actuarial d. Psychometric

Psychology

Jerry makes frequent eye contact with the person to whom he is talking. This is most likely to elicit a(n)

a. impression that Jerry is domineering and likes power. b. impression that Jerry is insecure and needy. c. positive or negative emotion based on the kind of eye contact that Jerry uses. d. positive or negative emotion depending on whether Jerry is talking to a male or female.

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