Sixteen-year-old Brenda questions her parents' values but does not fully accept her friends' standards either. Her confusion about what she really wants and values in life suggests that Brenda is struggling with the problem of
A. autonomy.
B. identity.
C. initiative.
D. integrity.
Answer: C. identity.
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A group of eight 5-year-olds are playing together. Given the research on play, what might you guess about the gender mix of this group of children?
a. They are likely to be girls. b. They are probably a mixed-sex group. c. It depends upon how the parents have raised them as to what the gender mix would be. d. They are likely to be boys.
The DSM-5 is concerned with _______________ of psychological disorders.
a. treatment b. predictive validity c. classification d. prevalence rates e. none of the above
A monkey will huddle next to a cloth "mother" rather than a wire "mother" when scared, even when it was nursed from the wire "mother." This is an example of the ______ motive
a. exploration c. activity b. manipulation d. contact
The introduction to Chapter 2 began with descriptions of disagreements over the relation between television violence and aggressive behaviour, and of situations in which people won't intervene to stop violence. Why would authors begin Chapter 2 by describing these phenomena?
A) There are competing explanations for both phenomena, and research methods can be used to establish the best explanation. B) These topics address the most difficult issues that social psychologists will ever study. C) Definitive explanations for both phenomena have been provided by social- psychological research. D) These topics are a good example of what has yet to be studied in social psychology. E) There is more literature on violence and aggression than on any other topic of interest to social psychologists.