Actions that are only illegal because of a persons age are termed _______

a. Status Offenses
b. Internalizing Disorders
c. Temperamental Violations
d. Violent Offenses


Answer: a.

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When exploring the respective influences of heredity and environment in contributing to mood disorders, many researchers compare the instances of the disorders among the biological and adoptive families of people who have bipolar disorder. What do these comparisons show?

a. The contributions of heredity and environment are relatively equal. b. There is little observable influence from either heredity or environment. c. The influences of environment are stronger than those of heredity. d. The influences of heredity are stronger than those of environment.

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What is automatic thinking, and what are the two major types of automatic thinking that people use?

What will be an ideal response?

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Ginger's new roommate tends to wink a lot at the end of sentences to indicate that she is joking. After living together for a few weeks, Ginger unconsciously begins to wink when she makes a joke. This is an example of

a. cognitive dissonance. b. the chameleon effect. c. social facilitation. d. groupthink.

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Dr. Cavanaugh examines the relationship between the personality trait of resilience and senior citizens' compliance with medication regimes. However, the resilience measure he used was normed only on college students. Based on this information, which of the following is the most apparent weakness of Dr. Cavanaugh's study?

A. the operationalization of compliance B. the specificity of the resilience measure C. the standardization of the resilience measure D. the simplicity of the resilience measure

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