You are debating with your friend that research into sex differences should actually focus on similarities instead. You argue that women and men are more similar than different. What is your evidence of this?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Men and women are more similar than they are different on the vast majority of psychological traits. In a meta-compilation of 386 large comparisons of males and females on psychological traits, the average sex difference was d = .21. Even a very large sex difference such as height still produces overlapping bell curves.
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The patterns of behavior in personality disorders are, in many cases,
a. highly resistant to change. b. somewhat resistant to change. c. somewhat easy to change. d. relatively easy to change with psychotherapy. e. relatively easy to change with drug treatment.
Eidetic imagery is more common in
a. adolescents than in children. b. children than in adolescents or adults. c. women than in men. d. men than in women.
The main basis for the relationship between knowledge base and strategy use seems to be that
a. a strong knowledge base can be applied to all domains. b. a strong knowledge base results in effortless processing c. a detailed knowledge base results in faster processing of information within a domain d. a detailed knowledge base expands mental resources.
ISLE 10.9 Timbre and OvertonesClick on the above link to work though the ISLE activity. Once you've completed the activity, navigate back and answer the following question.Based on the activity, which of the following instruments tends to produce sounds with the fewest harmonics?
A. clarinet B. trumpet C. flute D. violin