Research by Rubin and colleagues (1998) suggests that popular children
A) fail to act out positive responses which leads them to experience social failure.
B) have a negative bias and interpret social situations as threats to their self-esteem.
C) have a positive bias and tend to perceive and interpret social situations as being
comfortable and friendly.
D) know how to respond appropriately in social situations, but are reluctant to take the risks
involved.
C
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When the F-ratio is larger than 1.00, it means that:
a. a mistake has been made in the computation. b. there are large error effects present. c. the experimental manipulation probably had the predicted effects. d. the between-groups variation is no larger than would be expected by chance alone and no larger than the within-groups variance.
BROCA'S AREA is to WERNICKE'S AREA as ____ is to ____
a. MENTAL IMAGERY :: VISUAL PERCEPTION b. SPEAKING :: LISTENING c. STABILITY :: TREMORS d. PAST :: FUTURE
Which of the following describes the way in which monozygotic twins occur?
a) The mother's body releases multiple eggs, two or more of which are fertilized. b) The mother's body releases one egg, conceives, and then releases another egg in a later ovulation cycle. c) The egg is fertilized by a single sperm and then splits completely into two separate zygotes. d) The mother uses fertility drugs.
In the study by Dunn, Aknin, and Norton, what occurred with participants who were instructed to spend money on someone else?
A. They were not as happy as others who spent money on themselves. B. They had higher well-being at the end of the day. C. They did not express either positive or negative emotions about it. D. They were satisfied if they also spent an equal amount on themselves