For many adolescents, conflict with parents increases in early adolescence then decreases in later adolescence.

Talia is looking for her cat by methodically

searching each room and then closing the door. She is using what type of problem solving strategy? a) an algorithm b) a heuristic c) a means-end strategy d) a hunch

If you stand in the checkout line of any discount store, you'll see a very odd assortment of items on display: disposable razors, batteries, ballpoint pens, playing cards, trail mix, USB drives, and so on

Retailers call these items "impulse buys," meaning that although people may not come to the store looking for cards, pens, or trail mix, when they see them near the checkout, they'll buy them. An attitude researcher might say that people buy these items because a. consumers' attitudes toward such utilitarian items are emotionally based. b. these items reflect people's social identity concerns, so they will deliberate quickly about whether to purchase them. c. attitudes toward these items may be highly accessible. d. intentions are relatively unimportant when people engage in deliberative behaviors like purchases.