The walls of Martha and Bill's apartment complex are very thin. Often, they cannot fall asleep because the people who live downstairs play their radio too loudly at night After years of putting up with the noise, they rent a house of their own
Their behavior represents ______ coping.
a. direct c. adaptive
b. indirect d. defensive
a
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Young Jean observes that her mother often cooks dinner, while her father is responsible for taking out the trash and mowing the lawn. She is learning ____ that are associated with men and women
a. gender identities b. social roles c. functional expectations d. social stereotypes
We want to compare the scores of two different groups of people, those who are high in authoritarianism versus those who are low in authoritarianism, on a scale that measures leadership ability. What is the best statistical test to perform to see if the two groups are different from each other on this measure?
a. paired samples t-test b. t-test for independent groups c. factorial ANOVA d. one way ANOVA
In the information-processing approach, hardware is to software as
a. the nervous system is to the skills used to retrieve information. b. memory is to the brain. c. feelings are to thoughts. d. perception is to sensation.
Researchers wanted to determine if memory is affected by the way in which material is encoded. One group of research participants formed mental images of the objects to be remembered, while another group repeated the names of the objects to be remembered. The design of this study is consistent with:
a. correlational research b. an experimental research procedure c. case study research d. naturalistic observation