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Carolyn is in her freshman year in college. She has discovered that she really likes philosophy which she had never been exposed to before. Along with new interests in academics, she has found that she is growing in her reasoning skills. She is figuring out what career she wants to have and what she really enjoys doing. She has become very involved in different student organizations and grown in many of her new friendships. Along with this identity development, Carolyn is also developing ______.

Which disorder is a family of neurodevelopmental disorders that range in severity and present with deficits in social communication and the tendency to engage in repetitious behaviors?

Which is the most commonly diagnosed specific learning disorder that influences reading achievement?

Jacob is African American. He has recently become friends with Eli who is caucasian. They have found that they have a lot of the same interests, including sports and video games. They are spending more and more of their time together. This friendship may result in ______.

Which individual depicts a person more likely to experience peer victimization?

Kumar has always been driven to seek out dangerous activities. He enjoyed climbing to the tops of trees and jumping off them when he was very small. He would seek out more dangerous activities as he became older. Kumar lives with just his dad in a lower socioeconomic community. There isn’t much to do in his neighborhood so he gets into a lot of trouble. This trouble just increases his father’s rage and aggression towards him. Kumar has risk factors for ______.

Liam and Jimmy are on the soccer team together. They are friends but really don’t hang out that much. Liam makes sure that his grades are the best they can be while Jimmy doesn’t really care about his grades. The other students have put Liam and Jimmy in the same crowd at school. Liam and Jimmy would most likely be put into the ______.

Which scenario demonstrates insecure resistant attachment?

Which can be expected for grades during school transitions for adolescents?

Which individual is demonstrating a common characteristic of autism spectrum disorders?