Research indicates that mothers talk more to girls, that parents talk more about emotions to girls, that parents put more pressure on boys to suppress crying,
and that teachers are more disapproving of girls than of boys when they are highly active. Which of the following theories argues that these modeling and rewarding processes are the most important influences on sex differences in behavior?
a. Information processing theories.
b. Psychoanalytic (Freudian) theories.
c. Social learning theories.
d. Behavioral genetics theories.
c
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A. We cannot make inferences from a sample to a population when doing correlational research. B. We cannot make causal inferences from correlational research. C. This means that we can't infer correlation from causal research. D. This means that correlation and causal relationships are similar.
Between 2008 and 2014 the percentage of people who considered themselves to be middle class in America grew
A. True B. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What belief did both Freud and Adler agree upon?
a. The importance of sexuality in personality development b. The importance of birth order in personality development c. The belief that personality is formed by age 6 d. The importance of the unconscious in the development of personality.
Approximately ___________ percent of all school children may be depressed because of external stressors and inadequate individual response abilities
A. 40 B. 15 C. 30 D. 3