Friendships Are Especially Important in Social Development Because Children and Adolescents

question 16

Multiple Choice

Friendships are especially important in social development because children and adolescents:

• A)can practice cooperation and reciprocity only with people they care deeply about.
• B)are deeply committed to those relationships and will develop the skills needed to maintain them.
• C)develop high self-esteem only if they participate in enjoyable recreational activities at least twice a week (on average).
• D)develop internal standards for behaviour only when friends reinforce such standards.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.