____________ is the idea that we develop a bias favoring our own group over other groups in order to maintain positive self-esteem.*
a. Esteem enhancement
b. Social identity theory
c. Group membership inflation
d. Solidarity
b
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You are a very autocratic leader and you wish to take over a country. Drawing on Van de Vliert’s climato-economic theory you should move to
a. a country with a temperate climate. b. one of the wealthier countries of the world. c. one of the poorer countries of the world where the climate is challenging. d. a country in the northern hemisphere. e. a country with a mild climate and extensive natural resources.
All of the following characterize girls' friendships more than boys' friendships except
a. there is greater intimacy. b. there is greater self-disclosure. c. they tend to occur in smaller groups. d. they express their intimacy through shared activity.
The theory that we come to understand our attitudes and emotions by observing our own
behavior and the circumstances in which itoccurs is called __________ theory. a. self-attribution b. cognitive dissonance c. self-perception d. self-schema e. self-concept
According to the article Over the Hill about the Betula study of adult cognition, cross-sectional studies of memory might be most likely to suffer from a classic confound resulting from:
(a) education (b) nutrition (c) family size (d) ethnic status