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Padma is trying to decide what she wants to be when she grows up.  She considers what she likes and dislikes about school as well as what her parents would like for her.  She is dealing with which of the following dilemmas?

Max finds that spending time with lots of people makes him feel energized. He would best be described as

When he was 8-years-old, Amir was focused on making friends with the other boys in his class.  Now as a 17-year-old, Amir is thinking about romantic relationships.  Developmental psychologists would refer to this as part of which aspect of development?

Which of the following is the primary function of the reticular formation?

Keisha describes her friend Leela as very shy and reserved. This is an example of

Which theory of emotion suggests that the subjective feeling of an emotion occurs independently of (and perhaps simultaneously with) sensations of sympathetic nervous system arousal?

Which of the following is considered middle adulthood?

Ellis often yells at other people when he is frustrated.  Which of the following explains this behavior in terms of experiences? 

Amy is generally a well-behaved, polite person, and an avid hockey fan. When her favorite team lost the Stanley Cup, and rioting took to the streets, she participated by engaging in bottle throwing and vandalism. There were thousands of people and Amy’s actions went generally unnoticed. What could explain her out-of-character behavior?

Katrina really enjoys when students in her class ask her for help when they are doing group work. She is likely driven by which of the following?