Some scholars, including Robert Putman, argue that watching a lot of television makes people __________ and less interested in civil society
a. more obese
b. more passive
c. less intelligent
d. less moderate
b
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A. local B. regional C. national D. international
Which of the following operational definitions of a variable would suffer from an effective range problem?
A) a standard IQ test administered to high school seniors in a study of the relationship of intelligence to dating patterns B) a very difficult mathematics reasoning test given to a group of college mathematics majors in a study to determine the effects of high anxiety on test performance C) a standard bathroom scale to measure the weight of chickens in a study to determine how chicken size affects pecking order D) a wristwatch with a second hand to measure the time it takes students to solve 10 anagram problems in a study of the effects of noise on problem-solving speed
Japan responded to corruption scandals in the 1970s–1990s by
a. banning the LDP, which had been at the heart of most of the scandals b. reforming its electoral system to reduce the role of money c. forbidding Japanese politicians’ attendance at weddings and funerals d. looking to international assistance to sort out its problems