"I Know I Can Handle the Car at High Speeds

question 103

Multiple Choice

"I know I can handle the car at high speeds much better than others can," says 18-year-old Jake. This reflects the tendency of adolescents to engage in the ________ aspect of adolescent egocentrism.

• A) personal fable
• B) collective myth
• C) imaginary audience
• D) perspective taking

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Definitions:

Paraphyletic Group

A group of organisms that includes an ancestral species and some, but not all, of its descendants.

Common Ancestor

The most recent shared ancestor among different species or individuals from which they have descended.

Evolutionary Lines

Paths of descent or lineages that show the evolutionary history and relationships among organisms.

Genus

A rank in the biological classification system (taxonomy) that groups together species that are closely related.