As teens get older, how do their descriptions of themselves change?

a. They focus more on physical characteristics, such as if they are fat or thin.
b. They focus more on internal, abstract traits such as if they are kind or smart.
c. They focus on comparing themselves to peers such as not being as athletic as another student.
d. They focus on disparate traits such as being shy with adults yet outgoing with friends.

b. They focus more on internal, abstract traits such as if they are kind or smart.

Psychology

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Sarah is trying to remember what she ate for dinner last Friday when her husband took her to a restaurant. According to the memory-systems perspective, this information is in Sarah's _____ memory.

A) episodic B) semantic C) declarative D) short-term

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