Adolescents from lower SES families participate in fewer extra-curricular activities partly because schools in poorer neighborhoods do not have the resources to develop or sustain a wide array of extracurricular activities

Based on naturalistic and structured observations, children who become friends are more likely than children who do not become friends after interacting with each other

a. to trade insults without getting angry. b. to have more negative interactions initially. c. to resolve conflicts successfully. d. to fall into a pattern where one child tells the other what activities they will do together.

When he attends a rush event at the local fraternity, Carmine feels that the brothers do not like him very much. He does not think that he should come back to this fraternity and feels sure that he will not be asked to join. According to ____ theory, Carmine's self-esteem will drop after the party because he will feel that his behaviors at the event were not acceptable to others

a. external reference b. social comparison c. terror management d. sociometer