How do peers influence adolescents' sexual behavior?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Peers appear to set the norms for sexual behavior.
2. Adolescents are more likely to engage in sex if they perceive their peers have engaged in sex and gained social status as a result.
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Which of the following statements is true about same-sex marriage?
a. Same-sex marriage is illegal in the United States. b. Although in some states same-sex marriage is permitted, there are major psychological adjustment problems with the children. c. The trend is declining. d. Same-sex marriage has been legal throughout the United States since June 2015.
In the United States, it is customary that men shake hands when greeting other male friends. However, in the Middle East, it is customary that men will greet each other with a kiss on the cheek. These differences in displaying emotions demonstrate the existence of
A. transferred excitation. B. social comparison. C. the facial feedback hypothesis. D. emotion culture.