An important step in the development of decision making is learning to inhibit
A) advice from people with less experience.
B) the first impulses one has about how to behave in a given situation.
C) the tendency to consider each option carefully.
D) the preference for choices which offer the most benefit to others.
B) the first impulses one has about how to behave in a given situation. Decision making involves inhibiting the first impulses one has about how to behave in a given situation, and knowing whether you know enough about the situation to trust your first instinct.
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One reason for the trend of increased work for high school students was
A) declining academic standards in schools. B) more opportunities to pursue jobs that would prepare adolescents for future careers. C) the emergence of jobs that were suitable for relatively unskilled labor, such as service jobs in fast-food restaurants and retail chains. D) lower levels of adult monitoring.
If Bill and Mary are typical parents of a baby, which of the following is most likely to be true?
a. Their baby is likely to become attached to Mary, but not to Bill. b. Bill is likely to spend more time playing with their baby than taking care of him. c. Bill and Mary are likely to spend equal amounts of time reading and talking to their baby. d. Their infant is likely to prefer Mary over Bill as a playmate.