The Authors of Your Text Report Instances of Teens Taking

question 46

Multiple Choice

The authors of your text report instances of teens taking a "polar plunge" by jumping into freezing water. Which of the following best explains such dangerous behavior?

• A) The power of normative social influence
• B) The power of informational social influence
• C) The teens having "excitement seeking" personalities
• D) Delinquent teens using this activity for gang initiations

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Definitions:

Sensation

The process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell, which information is then sent to our brains.

Attachment Parenting

A parenting philosophy that proposes methods aiming to promote the attachment of parent and infant not only by maximal parental empathy and responsiveness but also by continuous bodily closeness and touch.

Co-sleeping

The practice of parents and infants or young children sleeping in close proximity, either in the same bed or in the same room, to facilitate bonding and caregiving.

Dendrites

The branch-like extensions of neurons that receive signals from other neurons.