Moshman believes that most of the improvement in deduction that occurs during adolescence is due to adolescents' ability to:
A) use analogies.
B) put their own beliefs aside.
C) engage in principle-based reasoning.
D) ignore what their peers believe.
Answer: B
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Regarding sex and gender, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Biological sex is binary and is divided into male or female. b. Gender comes in varying degrees of masculine and feminine. c. By adulthood, most males turn out to be more or less masculine and most females turn out to be more or less feminine. d. When people's biological sex does not match their preferred gender, they are referred to as gender variant.
Why are people more likely to die from overdoses of opiates than from overdoses of marijuana?
a. The brain areas that control heart rate and breathing have few marijuana receptors. b. If marijuana begins to slow heart rate, people become placid and stop using the drug. c. Opiates cause sodium to enter neurons, and marijuana causes potassium to enter. d. Opiates dissolve in the fats of the body, but marijuana does not.