Explain the importance of peer group membership in adolescence. What roles do cliques and crowds play in this? Differentiate between the two.
What will be an ideal response?
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A researcher finds that there is no correlation between the number of calories a person consumes in a day and his or her IQ. The correlation coefficient here would be close to:
a. +1.00. b. +0.50. c. –0.50. d. .00.
Samantha, a seven-year-old girl, suffers from a chronic kidney disease. Her doctor suggests an immediate kidney transplant for her to survive. Sarah, Samantha's mother, readily donates her kidney, and Samantha recovers from her condition after a successful surgery. In the context of evolutionary psychology, which of the following is exemplified in this scenario?
A. group selection B. kin selection C. indirect reciprocity D. direct reciprocity
Which of the following pairs of animals best illustrates the technique called yoking?
a. Rat A and Rat B must take turns pressing a bar to earn pellets. b. Rat A presses a bar for pellets, and Rat B is also given one every time Rat A earns one. c. Rat A presses the bar, but Rat B gets all the pellets. d. Rat A and Rat B must share one dish of pellets, and are only given more if both rats eat an equal amount.
Attractive females are expected to be warm and friendly, and those females who are considered to be attractive are treated in such a manner that they indeed respond in warm and friendly ways. According to Snyder, Tanke, and Berscheid (1977), this effect is a type of ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).