A Method of Reducing Risky Behavior That Uses Emerging Adults

question 57

Multiple Choice

A method of reducing risky behavior that uses emerging adults' desire to follow social norms by making them aware, through the use of surveys, of the prevalence of various behaviors within their peer group is referred to as the "_____."

• A) diathesis-stress model
• B) social norms approach
• C) truth model
• D) overestimation-underestimation approach

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Definitions:

Sample Size

The number of individuals or observations included in a sample, which is used to estimate or test hypotheses about the larger population.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected in a study or experiment.

Neutral

Not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, dispute, or war; impartial.

Socioeconomic Status

A combined total measure of an individual's or family's economic and social position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation.