Which of the Following Best Explains Why the United States

question 146

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains why the United States has a higher rate of death for emerging adults from motor vehicle accidents than other Western countries?

• A) Other countries have a higher minimum driving age and have less access to automobiles.
• B) Other countries have stronger drivers' education programs and have fewer automobiles.
• C) Other countries promote automobile responsibility at a very young age and have a higher minimum driving age.
• D) Other countries have comprehensive mandatory drivers' education programs and require all drivers to prove that they are extremely skilled at handling an automobile.

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Definitions:

Gestalt Psychology

A theory of mind and brain positing that the operational principle of the brain is holistic, parallel, and analog, with self-organizing tendencies.

Cognitive Psychology

A branch of psychology that studies mental processes including how people think, perceive, remember, and learn.

Functionalism

A paradigm in psychology that focuses on how mental and behavioral processes enable an individual to adapt, survive, and flourish.

Wilhelm Wundt

Often recognized as the father of experimental psychology, he founded the first formal psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany, in 1879.