According to David Elkind, teenagers question society's rules and become involved in idealistic causes because they can:
a) be too naive to understand why things are the way they are.
b) reason abstractly and so realize that adult rules are often arbitrary and wrong.
c) think too concretely to understand the world.
d) rebel against the older generation, because they now physically look adult.
Answer: b) reason abstractly and so realize that adult rules are often arbitrary and wrong.
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A) general ability test. B) situational judgment test. C) clerical ability test. D) biodata measure.
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a) bipolar b) eclectic c) cognitive d) nondirectional