Joanna is part of a writer's group that meets each week. A friend of Joanna's recently asked her about the group, saying that she'd like to join, but she had also heard of another writer's group in town
Joanna knew the other group and said, "Don't join that one. Ours is focused on workshopping each other's work and providing constructive feedback. The other one just meets once a week to drink. They barely even talk about writing, let along workshop anyone's work." This is an example of a(n) ________. a) intragroup comparison
b) social identity continuum
c) intergroup comparison
d) self-construal
c
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A. Statistical rarity B. Social noncompliance C. Personal distress D. Situational context
What statement best fits with queer theory?
a. It is important for research to uncover the cause of homosexuality. b. Sexuality education should focus on teaching gender differences. c. Sexual orientation categories lead to limited views of sexuality. d. Research findings should be separated based on sexual orientation.
If a psychologist notes an association between the IQs of parents and their children, or between beauty and social popularity, or between anxiety and test performance, the two events are said to be correlated, which means
a. both events are randomly occurring. b. both events are really unrelated. c. one event caused the other. d. the events are linked together in an orderly way.
The outward expression of one's genetic makeup is known as his/her:
a) phenotype. b) genotype. c) genetic imprint. d) polygenic inheritance.