Explain the limitations of Erik Erikson's psychosocial stage theory of development, and summarize an alternative view.
What will be an ideal response?
- Erik Erikson used male identity development as the standard against which to compare female identity.
- Erikson's views are based on male-oriented concepts of individuality and competitiveness.
- Carol Gilligan has argued that females develop an identity through the establishment of relationships, making the building of social networks a key component of a woman's identity.
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c. It is valid for selecting which job applicants to hire. d. It has rules for how to interpret the results.
Rates of abuse are higher in cultures that emphasize
a. female status. b. online dating. c. family honor. d. casual sex.
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A) stimulus motives B) intuition C) homeostasis D) drive reduction E) Select
Which is the BEST reason against using polygraph machines at airports to detect terrorists?
A) Research has failed to demonstrate that polygraph machines can detect liars at greater than chance levels. B) People can be trained to beat a polygraph; we would never catch a single terrorist. C) We would detain thousands of innocent people for every terrorist that we identified. D) It is estimated that the polygraph would add 20 minutes to the check-in process.