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The experience of personal growth usually begins with - ANSWER: ➡ acknowledging change
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Throughout development, the personality trait least likely to change is - ANSWER: ➡
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neuroticism
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T/F Actualized individuals have the courage to admit when they are wrong and need change. -
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ANSWER: ➡ True
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T/F Pressure to conform to cultural pressures in collectivist societies is far greater than in
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individualistic societies. - ANSWER: ➡ True
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According to Maslow, which disorder does not result from the failure to grow? - ANSWER: ➡
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adjusted person
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T/F African Americans are the fastest growing segment of the population. - ANSWER: ➡ False
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"Everyone older than you will tell you what to do, and you never defy their orders" is a typical
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statement made in a __________ society. - ANSWER: ➡ Collective
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The best example of an individualistic culture is - ANSWER: ➡ The United States
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Altruism means - ANSWER: ➡ helping someone else at a cost to yourself
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One of the dramatic changes in the United States today is the increase in - ANSWER: ➡ cultural
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diversity
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, Technology makes relationships among people more - ANSWER: ➡ fluid and flexible
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Gases that are naturally occurring or man-made and that trap heat in the earth's atmosphere
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are called - ANSWER: ➡ greenhouse gases
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The fear of technology is known as - ANSWER: ➡ technophobia
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The fastest growing segment of the U.S. population is - ANSWER: ➡ Hispanics
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According to Erikson, if a child's actions are unduly restricted at about the age of 7 years, the
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child will develop a sense of - ANSWER: ➡ inferiority
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from 3 to 6 years of age, children are faced with the crisis of - ANSWER: ➡ initiative vs. guilt
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From which perspective are psychologists most likely to argue that spanking is harmful to
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children? - ANSWER: ➡ the learning perspective
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T/F: The process by which we learn by observing other people's behaviors without necessarily
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having any direct reward is called learning theory. - ANSWER: ➡ FALSE
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Approximately what percentage of pregnant women smoke? - ANSWER: ➡ 13% o o o o o o o o oo o
T/F: Erikson's second psychosocial stage, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, occurs between 4
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and 7 years of age. - ANSWER: ➡ FALSE
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Ken argued with Audra that they should give up their stressful jobs and move to a small town to
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start a winery. He was confident they would be successful. Ken has high levels of - ANSWER: ➡
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self-efficacy
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