Which Statement About Reckless Behavior in Adolescence and Adulthood Is

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which statement about reckless behavior in adolescence and adulthood is TRUE?

• A)Few adolescents in the United States get drunk at least once before graduating from high school.
• B)Adolescents who try drugs often wind up with serious drug problems as adults.
• C)People who don't drink or try drugs as adolescents often begin to drink and use drugs seriously as adults.
• D)Most adolescents who break the law become law-abiding adults.

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Definitions:

Prejudice

An opinion or judgment formed in advance about an individual or object without logical grounds or firsthand experience.

Discrimination

Unfair or prejudiced treatment of individuals based on their characteristics, such as race, age, sex, or sexual orientation.

Stereotyping

The act of assigning a fixed set of characteristics to members of a particular group, often oversimplifying individual differences and promoting generalizations.

Robber's Cave Experiment

A study on intergroup conflict and cooperation conducted in 1954 by social psychologist Muzafer Sherif, highlighting the ease of inducing conflict and the effectiveness of superseding goals in reducing it.