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1			Your roommate returns from the computer lab and announces he took a self-esteem test on the web and scored high. Knowing something about test reliability and validity you are skeptical about such tests. What will you advise your roommate about the reliability and validity of on-line self-esteem tests? http://www.more-selfesteem.com/test.htm http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar04/test.html
2			Your sister returns home from her first few weeks at college, and you notice she seems less confident and self-assured that when she left. She complains her friends at school tug her in different directions, and she fees awkward in various social situations. She also says she lost control of her attention and concentration. Do you think this might be due to her undergoing a change in identity, or is it something else? Why do you think that? http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_n127_v32/ai_20413250 http://www.musckids.com/health_library/adolescent/reldev.htm
3			Developing emotional competence during adolescence is a crucial part of emotional development. It typically develops with age, but low levels of emotional competence can leave adolescents vulnerable to a variety of negative experiences. Can emotional competence be taught? If so, how? If not, why not? http://www.jobsluder.net/~kirk/papers/nature-nurture.html http://eqi.org/summary.htm